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Latest from Safety Solutions – www.safetysolutions.net.au What’s New? Changes to licence requirements for loadshifting machines From 30 September 2011, operators of loadshifting machines will no longer need a certificate of competency to operate some loadshifting equiment. [ read more ] Driver fatigue management alert NT WorkSafe has issued a safety alert that highlights the importance [...]

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Latest News from Safe to Work

Safety News

Work Safety Awards WA announces winners Winners of the 2010 Work Safety Awards Western Australia have been announced – with a combination of companies and individual workers taking home gold. SafeWork SA warn farmers of fatigue risks during grain harvest South Australian grain farmers have been urged by SafeWork to be aware of the risks [...]

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Latest OSHA News Bites

OSHA

Latest OSHA News Bites The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) continuously produce headlines and press releases.  We have picked a few of the most recent press releases from the OSHA site and OSHAX site to help keep you informed on safety news. OSHA Renews NACOSH In an October 29, 2010, press release, the Occupational [...]

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Buy and Sell Safety Procedures

Checklists

[picappgallerysingle id="5223945"]This new company GO SAFETY provides an online service where you can “buy safety procedures for people in your industry by people in your industry”. They also offer a unique opportunity for those who have developed OHS procedures, including work method statements, to sell them on the open market. You can search for or [...]

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More Free Safety Templates

Free Safety Stuff

Safety in Australia offers these free safety templates for download. Their website also includes a large safety directory, latest safety news, safety jobs and reference material. Visit the site…….. Hazard Report Hierarchy of Controls Induction Register Job Safety Analysis Material Safety Data Sheet Register Minutes of OHS Meeting Sample Office Ergonomics On-Site Memory Jogger Risk [...]

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Optimism – a trait of the lazy Risk Manager

Risk Management

Extract from and interesting article published by The Brief Group in their regular newsletter. Subscribe here The problem with most corporate management and compliance frameworks (e.g. workplace health and safety, food safety, employee relations, information security systems) is that they are written by optimists. There is an expectation, inherent in their design that users of [...]

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Media Release – WA Safety Show Success

Safety News

The WA Safety Show draws employers hungry for safety answers Western Australia’s employers turned out in force to learn about new legislation and uncover solutions to workplace safety challenges at the WA Safety Show last week. The state’s largest workplace safety trade show, it hosted 150 safety and materials handling suppliers and ran concurrently with [...]

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WA Safety Show Starts Today

Safety Equipment

Western Australia’s largest workplace safety trade show, the WA Safety Show, will offer free OSH law workshops and thousands of practical safety solutions when it runs from Tuesday 24 to Thursday 26 August. Held every two years, the show will host more than 150 safety and materials handling specialists offering everything from first aid supplies [...]

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National Work Health and Safety Act

Safety Legislation

Large shifts under the new national model Work Health and Safety Act demand immediate action from employers, prominent OHS lawyer Michael Tooma will tell The Safety Conference. The Norton Rose partner will warn delegates at the Safety Institute’s October 26 to 28 conference that company officers will be expected to “do much more and take [...]

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Mal Meninga – Safety Ambassador for Zero Harm

Safety Legislation

QLD Rugby League legend Mal Meninga has been named as a safety ambassador.  Mal has a personal belief in the importance of the Zero Harm at Work Program—and the devastating potential consequences it addresses—as his father died tragically as the result of a workplace incident. State of Origin coach and rugby league legend, Mal Meninga, is [...]

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New Life Jacket Rules

Boating Safety

DRESS FOR SAFETY: PUT ON A LIFEJACKET New lifejacket rules to improve boating safety and reduce deaths from drowning were unveiled today by Ports and Waterways Minister, Paul McLeay. “Twenty three lives have been lost in boating incidents over the past 12 months, and too often lifejackets are on board but not being worn,” Mr [...]

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OSH harmonisation workshops at WA Safety Show to lessen fears

Safety Legislation

“We are going to challenge the fear campaign surrounding the new harmonised OSH legislation,” says Anne Bellamy of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry WA (CCIWA). “Persons conducting a business or undertaking do need to understand the new duties and other requirements of the legislation but it will be manageable.” The CCIWA will hold workshops [...]

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Can Oranges Kill Salmonella

Food Safety

Article from www.meatpoultry.com Research presented at the 2010 Beef Industry Safety Summit claims the essential oils in orange peel and pulp kill E. coli O157:H7 and Salmonella. These natural byproducts, created by making juice, are now being investigated as a potential feed ingredient for cattle. More than 200 experts met in Dallas this week to [...]

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Latest Safety News

Safety News

Victoria’s first reckless endangerment conviction for company A drilling company and its director found responsible for the death of a 21-year-old truck driver have been fined more than $800,000. The prosecution is the first a Victorian company has been prosecuted for reckless endangerment. Read more Watch the video Alert – Router incident WorkSafe has reissued an [...]

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New Safety Products

Safety News

Donaldson dust containment and collection solutions for beverage manufacturers DONALDSON Australasia says it can quickly engineer and install OH&S solutions for beverage manufacturing facilities. Donaldson Australasia PowerCore TG dust collectors for safer metal working DONALDSON Australasia has released the PowerCore TG dust collector series with a footprint said to be up to 65% smaller than [...]

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Worksafe Awards 2010

Workplace Safety

WorkSafe is inviting health and safety representatives, small or large businesses, inventors and workers who have designed or created a safety solution to enter the 2010 Awards. Bendigo Regional Institute of TAFE received the 2009 award for Best Solution to a Health and Safety Risk. The TAFE developed the Lathe Chuck Guard which protects the [...]

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Drinking on the Job

Safety News

250 Carlsberg workers have walked off their jobs to protest the Danish brewer’s new limits on beer drinking at work. Since the brewer opened its doors in 1847, workers have been allowed to drink on the job as much as they wanted, so long as they didn’t get drunk. The policy has worked for the [...]

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Latest Safety News

Safety News

FOR TODAY’S NEWS CLICK HERE Latest News from SafeToWork Fines for repeated mistakes in training and machinery guarding WORKSAFE Victoria says it has prosecuted two abattoirs and their contract cleaning companies after two cleaners suffered debilitating arm injuries. AIHW releases report on health risk factors and work patterns THE AUSTRALIAN Institute of Health and Welfare [...]

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Woolworths Contractor Induction

Contractor Induction

Contractors and sub contractors engaged to perform work on Woolworths premises or locations are required to comply with Woolworths SH&E policies, procedures and programs as specified in their contract/agreement and to observe directions on health and safety from designated officers of the organisation. The requirements of relevant statutory acts, regulations and Codes of Practices must [...]

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