Original article published by SafeWork Australia As part of the National Return to Work Strategy 2020-2030, Safe Work Australia commissioned an independent research report by the Behaviour Change Collaborative who partnered with the Collaboration for Evidence Research and Impact in Public Health at Curtain University on how workers’ access and understand information about workers’ compensation. OverRead more
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With a focus on continuing to improve safety behaviours in the residential construction industry, WorkSafe ACT has launched an updated Residential Construction Strategy for 2022-24 (the Strategy). The ACT’s residential construction industry has the highest number of workers’ compensation claims for the past five years compared to other sectors in the Territory. Data also shows that theRead more
The NSW Government’s Speak Up Save Lives app is transforming the way people report safety incidents with more than 10,000 reports on workplace safety and compliance made through mobile devices since its launch. The app is an innovative tool that allows people to anonymously report unsafe work practices in any workplace and industry, including byRead more
Original article published by AIHS Sexual harassment should primarily be considered a WHS issue and not simply an HR matter, according to a landmark WA Parliamentary report into sexual harassment against women in the FIFO mining industry. The report, Enough is Enough: sexual harassment against women in the FIFO mining industry(link is external), found companies historicallyRead more
Original article published by WorkSafe Queensland There are around 68,000 general workplace injuries a year in Queensland, affecting one in every 35 workers. One in every 85 workers suffers a serious injury. Those stats are just a sample of the work safety facts contained in a new suite of industry postcards providing a statistical snapshotRead more
Original article published by DMIRS The Work Health and Safety (Mines) Regulations 2022 create a duty for the mine operator to establish and implement a mine safety management system (MSMS). The MSMS is the primary means of ensuring safe operations by providing direction to everyone at a mine site. It must be in place beforeRead more
Original article published by THE CONVERSATION In what has been called the “biggest moment for workers’ rights in a quarter of a century”, the International Labour Organization (ILO) adopted a safe and healthy work environment as one of its five fundamental principles and rights at work for all at its June 2022 international conference. This is the firstRead more
Learn how work really happens – and develop worker-driven solutions to improve it. Learning Teams represent a new and intuitive method for organisations to learn about events within their organisation (incidents and accidents), and from normal work. What do Learning Teams provide? This context-rich information gained from the process identifies the real problems, where systemsRead more
Original article published by the ladder association A telescopic ladder safety campaign from the Ladder Association The Ladder Association is committed to stopping the sale of unsafe ladders in the UK. Our latest ladder safety campaign, ‘Step Up to Safe Ladders’, aims to shine a light on the very real dangers of poor-quality telescopic laddersRead more
Original article published by HSE A human cough simulator to test the effectiveness of face shield protection during the pandemic, reducing the risk of the transmission of COVID to delivery drivers and gas explosion tests in a life size replica house are just some of the studies scientists working for the Health and Safety ExecutiveRead more
