On 31 March 2009, Australian trade unionists (pictured below) protested outside the Safety In Action Conference. The crowd was objecting to the presence of Ms Janet Holmes a Court, the chair of John Holland, as a keynote speaker. As Dave Noonan, CFMEU Construction Division national secretary, put it “It is an outrage that a company [...]
All posts for the month March, 2009
Safety conference protest
Posted by Kevin Jones on March 31, 2009
http://safetyatworkblog.com/2009/03/31/safety-conference-protest/
Safety In Action Conference – Part One
Following two short messages from international representatives of the Institute of Occupational Safety and Health (IOSH) and the American Society of Safety Engineers (ASSE), the Governor of Victoria, Professor David de Kretser AC, officially opened the Safety In Action Conference for 2009. The Governor made several pleas or suggestions. One was for the application of [...]
Posted by Kevin Jones on March 31, 2009
http://safetyatworkblog.com/2009/03/31/safety-in-action-conference-part-one/
Many workplace deaths for BHP Billiton
The Australian Workers Union are justifiably angry at the latest workplace death associated with BHP Billiton. According to the company’s media statement on 19 march 2009 “We regret to inform that we have been advised by Mines and Port Development (a Joint Venture of Fluor and SKM), who manage our major construction activities, that [...]
Posted by Kevin Jones on March 25, 2009
http://safetyatworkblog.com/2009/03/25/many-workplace-deaths-for-bhp-billiton/
Safety In Action Conference
For three days next week, SafetyAtWorkBlog will be reporting from the Safety In Action Conference in Melbourne. This is the 12th annual conference and it remains the dominant OHS conference on the Australian circuit for duration, affordability and credibility.
Posted by Kevin Jones on March 24, 2009
http://safetyatworkblog.com/2009/03/24/safety-in-action-conference/
Death of a safety leader
Last weekend Dr Eric Wigglesworth passed away after a long illness. Eric was a strong advocate for safety education and research over decades in Australia. I heard Eric speak several times in my professional career and remember being taught about his incident theories at university.
Over the last few years his profile has increased in the public sphere as he was the (only) Australian expert on the issues related to level crossing incidents.
Posted by Kevin Jones on March 24, 2009
http://safetyatworkblog.com/2009/03/24/death-of-a-safety-leader/
OHS and Corporate Responsibility in Asia
In 2000, Melody Kemp was interviewed for Safety At Work magazine about her experience monitoring Western corporations’ workplace safety in Asia. Below is an extract of that interview.
Posted by Kevin Jones on March 20, 2009
http://safetyatworkblog.com/2009/03/20/ohs-and-corporate-responsibility-in-asia/
Writer and commentator services
Thanks to all those readers of SafetyAtWorkBlog, particularly those who make the effort to comment. As well as these blog postings you will see articles appear in RTWMatters in support of its relaunched website as well as through the LabourStart website, a news site primarily for trade unionists and labour advocates. There is also a [...]
Posted by Kevin Jones on March 20, 2009
http://safetyatworkblog.com/2009/03/20/writer-and-commentator-services/
Nanotechnology safety campaign (with Interview)
On 18 March 2009, Steve Mullins the OHS Officer with the Australian Council of Trade Unions presented a paper on nanotechnology hazards to the ”Science Meets Parliament” forum. His concerns over worker safety are not shared by the nanotechnology industry as media reports show but, as Steve points out, nanotechnology hazards have some interesting parallels with [...]
Posted by Kevin Jones on March 20, 2009
http://safetyatworkblog.com/2009/03/20/nanotechnology-safety-campaign/
April 28 – Workers’ Memorial Day
This annual event seems to receive more attention in Europe than elsewhere although over the years several Australian capital cities have erected workers’ memorial stones. It is usually here that ceremonies occur. I always attend these services in my own right as it helps to keep me grounded as I wade through risk assessments, policies, [...]
Posted by Kevin Jones on March 18, 2009
http://safetyatworkblog.com/2009/03/18/april-28-workers-memorial-day/
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