Health funding and management is a constant political issue. The attention increases hugely during election campaigns like the one that is currently occurring in the Australian state of Queensland. This week the leader of the opposition parties, Lawrence Springborg, called for the release of a government report into the sexual attack on a nurse and security [...]
All posts for the month February, 2009
CEO loses job over safety failures
Posted by Kevin Jones on February 26, 2009
http://safetyatworkblog.com/2009/02/26/ceo-loses-job-over-safety-failures/
Beaconsfield Mine Collapse – Coroner’s Report Released
On 26 February 2009, the Tasmanian Coroner, Rod Chandler, released his findings in to the death of Larry Knight in the Beaconsfield mine collapse of April 2006 The Coroner found that “the evidence does not permit me to make a positive finding that any person, corporation or other entity, by their conduct, directly contributed to [...]
Posted by Kevin Jones on February 26, 2009
http://safetyatworkblog.com/2009/02/26/beaconsfield-mine-collapse-coroners-report-released/
Safety Awards
Awards for safety have always been an odd beast. Any award is an acknowledgement for effort and should be valued but frequently eligibility and the judging criteria are not clear. Last year WorkCover NSW released this criteria in the booklet that they produced about the award finalists and winners. This provided the winners with a clear [...]
Posted by Kevin Jones on February 25, 2009
http://safetyatworkblog.com/2009/02/25/safety-awards/
Ethics & Safety
Ethics is gaining an increased level of attention in the safety profession in Australia but remains way behind other professions and the business community in general. The UK’s Ethical Corporation Institute has made available a “pubcast” with one of the authors of a report entitled “Best Practices for Designing Effective Ethics Programmes”. The report itself [...]
Posted by Kevin Jones on February 25, 2009
http://safetyatworkblog.com/2009/02/25/ethics-safety/
International Women’s Day (of safety)
The global theme for the 2009 International Women’s Day (8 March 2009) is “Women and men united to end violence against women and girls” The organising committee is at pains to stress that although this is a global theme, individual nations, individual states and organisations are able to set their own themes. Some themes already [...]
Posted by Kevin Jones on February 24, 2009
http://safetyatworkblog.com/2009/02/24/international-womens-day-of-safety/
Safety Qualifications
Each year Australian recruiting company SafeSearch releases a remuneration survey. This year the report was released in late-February 2009. A media release from SafeSearch reports that “Almost all HSE Managers hold formal safety qualifications with 90% reaching Diploma level or higher.” In Victoria, in particular, there is a strong professional community generated from the Victorian [...]
Posted by Kevin Jones on February 23, 2009
http://safetyatworkblog.com/2009/02/23/safety-qualifications/
Safety Interviews
A couple of weeks ago I conducted interviews with several speakers in the Safety In Action Conference to be held in Melbourne, Australia at the end of March 2009. The finalised videos are below. Helen Marshall is Australia’s Federal Safety Commissioner who has a challenging job monitoring major government construction sites. Dr Martyn Newman is [...]
Posted by Kevin Jones on February 23, 2009
http://safetyatworkblog.com/2009/02/23/safety-interviews/
First Aid and Burns
The correct and established treatment for burns is “.. to hold the burn under cool running water for at least 20 minutes”. This reduces the continuing damage generated by burning tissue. This has been the advice for decades and was recently reemphasised by the Victorian Government. So why are burn creams still on the [...]
Posted by Kevin Jones on February 23, 2009
http://safetyatworkblog.com/2009/02/23/first-aid-and-burns/
Teenage worker’s death
AAP and The Australian newspaper today reported on the death of an 18-year-old in a factory located just north of SafetyAtWorkBlog’s office on 18 February 2009. Initial reports say that the man was ”dragged head first into a box-printing machine” when his clothing was caught. Firefighters took 45 minutes to extract the worker who died later [...]
Posted by Kevin Jones on February 19, 2009
http://safetyatworkblog.com/2009/02/19/teenage-workers-death/
Lessons from a draft medical code of conduct
The safety industry in Australia may be seeking to become a recognised profession but, as with most business processes, continuous improvement is an important element of remaining current. The Australian Medical Council has released a revised draft code of conduct with which several members of the Australian Medical Association (AMA) disagree. According to an AMA media [...]
Posted by Kevin Jones on February 18, 2009
http://safetyatworkblog.com/2009/02/18/lessons-from-a-draft-medical-code-of-conduct/
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