Safety Blog

September 14, 2020

Workplace Safety and Safe Work Procedures on a Budget
No safe work procedure operates in isolation. The demands of your business are complex and workplace safety is just one challenge amongst many. Certainly, workplace safety should be first among equals, but to lift it to a place of demi-god...
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August 12, 2020

Is That Safe Work Method Statement Current?
When your Safe Work Method Statement is up-to-date, it’s a sensible friend. If it’s lapsed however, it’s a fool not to be followed. “Is that SWMS template current?” is a question worth asking. Fortunately, WHS legislation is relatively stable at the moment, but when change does occur, it's usually significant, quickly implemented, and the ripple-through effects are often burdensome. A one-word change in legislation can result in the alteration of hundreds of SWMS procedures. So how do you keep up? How can you stay current? That's what we're looking at today.
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August 3, 2020

Leadership Adjustments That Improve Safe Work Practices
In 2016, safe work practices would have saved a 16-year-old work-experience student from a traumatic construction site injury. Instead, that student suffered a broken neck and a life of ongoing pain and impairment. The accident stole life options and immeasurable...
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July 15, 2020

Your Safety Management Plan and the Methods That Make it Work
We've identified that a safety management plan only works when workers follow the method steps provided, and when those steps are technically correct. We've also discussed how paradigm, technical excellence and genuine care can produce better safety outcomes. Finally, we looked at our Occupational Safety Solutions Safety Management Plan.
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July 3, 2020

Mindsets are Key to Every Safe Operating Procedure
Let’s look at ways we can promote and sustain the type of mindsets that make safe operating procedures work.
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June 5, 2020

Your Safety is Only as Strong as Your Weakest WHS Procedure
A chain is only as strong as its weakest link. In the same way, your safety system is only as strong as your weakest WHS procedure. We've written this article to help you conduct an efficient review of your WHS procedures, see where you're weak, and strengthen what you can.
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June 1, 2020

Unfair Dismissal and Unsafe Workplaces
Is it unfair dismissal of an employee if their employment is terminated because they refuse to do certain work because of poor health and safety standards by the employer? Can an employee be sacked because they refuse to work in...
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April 7, 2020

Coronavirus WHS for You, Me and CovIDIOTS.
When I first heard about COVID-19, I jokingly made plans to inoculate myself with a couple of Corona beers that night. Now, months after we first became aware of the issue, that seems a little inappropriate. With a better appreciation...
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March 5, 2020

How to Lead a 2020 WHS Policies and Procedures Revival (Part 2)
WHS policies and procedures can become ho-hum. Here's how you can kickstart a revival in team attitudes toward your safety management system and OHS procedures.
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