The concept of fragility can help OHS professionals in making more informed decisions about potential risks in systems and organisations, according to an expert in the area. Fragile systems are more prone to complete failure, rather than just a minor breakdown, said Dave Whitefield, director of Semiosphere, a consulting firm that helps organisations tackle riskRead more
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Presented by Janet McCulloch (Strategic Consultant, Lysander) What’s covered? What’s covered? Historically, organisations have not had a significant focus on mental health and wellbeing within their workplace health and safety programs. With increasing awareness of the need to do something to take a proactive approach to preventing mental health injuries, HSE professionals are now faced withRead more
Presented by Mark McLaren (Art of Work) What’s covered? What’s covered? An enormous amount of time and energy is rightfully invested in understanding what causes and subsequently prevents a life-changing injury or a fatality from happening in the workplace. This genuine pursuit can inadvertently contribute to some unintended outcomes. The bid to stop the unwantedRead more
The Australian Institute of Health and Safety (AIHS) has announced the shortlisted finalists for the 2021 Australian Workplace Health & Safety Awards. The awards provide national recognition to organisations and individuals who are demonstrating excellence and innovation in the field of Workplace Health & Safety (WHS). “With a record number of nominations, it’s been a toughRead more
Presented by Anthony Gibbs (CEO, Sentis) What’s covered? What’s covered? The importance of pre-starts and safety briefings should not be underestimated. When run effectively, they encourage two-way communication about safety hazards and controls, provide an open forum to discuss lessons learned, and highlight challenges and opportunities for improvement. But the unfortunate reality is that mostRead more
Employers in Victoria could be fined nearly $300,000 for entering into insurance contracts against workplace health and safety fines – just one of a series of safety amendments introduced to parliament this week. The state government introduced the Occupational Health and Safety and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2021 to “expand worker rights and protections, boost employerRead more
Workers’ compensation claims related to mental stress and harassment and/or bullying have both risen in recent years, according to a recent Safe Work Australia analysis. It found the frequency rate (claims per 100 million hours worked) of mental stress claims declined from 2002–03 to 2015–16, before rising again in recent years. The rate for harassmentRead more
Presented by Andy Shone (CEO, Southpac Group) What’s covered? What gets measured gets done, or so we believe! Today many organisations are driven by KPI’s and dashboards. The result of this often means that we focus on efficiency, getting stuff done quickly, as opposed to being thorough, i.e. being effective. This mindset appears to beRead more
Presented by Kelvin Genn (MD, Art of Work) What’s covered? In this webinar, Kelvin explores human-centred design and the principles of safety differently to build and sustain operational effective critical controls. Listen to the audio Watch the video Presenter About Kelvin Genn e: kelvin@genn.com.au w: Art of Work Kelvin Genn is the Art of Work’s Managing Director.Read more
The biggest challenge when it comes to systems thinking is a fixation on ‘human error’ and the behaviour of workers at the so-called sharp end when trying to understand and manage safety, according to the University of the Sunshine Coast. It is normal to see human error stated as the primary cause in up toRead more
