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Safe Work Australia Week podcast

Today, 1,500 union health and safety representatives attended a one-day seminar in Melbourne concerning occupational health and safety.  The seminars were supported by a range of information booths on issues from support on workplace death, legal advice, superannuation and individual union services. Kevin Jones, the editor of SafetyAtWorkBlog took the opportunity to chat with a couple of people on the booths about OHS generally and … Continue reading “Safe Work Australia Week podcast”

Safe Work Australia Week 2009 begins

The last week of October 2009 is Safe Work Australia Week.  The federal OHS authority sets an overall framework for the States’ OHS promotional activities. A media statement in support of the week, reiterated the statistics – “More than 260 Australians die as a result of work related injuries and over 135,000 are seriously injured … Continue reading “Safe Work Australia Week 2009 begins”

A name for the Safe Work Australia Awards

At the Safe Work Australia Awards ceremony in Canberra last week, the host Adam Spencer, noted that many of the nominees were dressed as ostentatiously as those who attend the Oscars. “Frocked-up” was the term he used. It seems to SafetyAtWorkBlog that a major element missing from these important national awards is a useful name … Continue reading “A name for the Safe Work Australia Awards”

Safe Work Australia Awards 2008

Safe Work Australia is a fairly new configuration for  Australia’s OHS department but it’s awards have been going for some years.  On 28 April 2009 the awards were held in Canberra.  The timings don’t seem quite right but that is the scheduling of these sorts of things in Australia. The award winners from the State … Continue reading “Safe Work Australia Awards 2008”

“show me the bodies”

Significant changes in occupational health and safety result from one or more work-related fatalities. To my knowledge, this has not been labelled anyone’s “rule”, but it is a sad truism, and there are examples everywhere. Episode One of the BBC’s excellent Grenfell podcast series references the phrase “show me the bodies” as having been said …

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The two approaches to psychosocial hazards

There are two common approaches to addressing and preventing psychosocial hazards at work.  One is to consider these hazards as originating within and affecting only workers and work processes. This looks at the hazards generated by work that affect work and downplays or dismisses factors from outside work.  The other is to acknowledge that work …

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