The following are some of the processes supposedly used in workplaces to control/eliminate hazards: hazard identification, risk assessment and risk management. These should address the implicit questions of: ‘What?’, ‘How bad?’ and ‘What to do?’ The language then turns to words and concepts like ‘OHS culture’, ‘behaviour-based safety’… and all within some over-arching package referred [...]
All posts for the month June, 2011
Managers being closer
Posted by Kevin Jones on June 28, 2011
http://safetyatworkblog.com/2011/06/28/managers-being-closer/
Directors Sentiment Index mentions OHS but……
The survey results of the inaugural Directors Sentiment Index have been around for several months but recent breakfasts discussing the findings have generated renewed media interest. The survey provides a useful profile of how directors see their role and lists forecasts of trends but in none of the recent media reports does workplace health and safety receive attention although it is mentioned [...]
Posted by Kevin Jones on June 27, 2011
http://safetyatworkblog.com/2011/06/27/directors-sentiment-index-mentions-ohs-but/
Media is ignorant of unsafe acts in the photos they use
That “a picture tells a thousand words” appears true in regards to safety as it is in most areas. This is increasingly so in the new online media but what if the picture is wrong? Does a wrong picture tell a thousand wrong words? Recently this blog has written many words about quadbikes and the [...]
Posted by Kevin Jones on June 26, 2011
http://safetyatworkblog.com/2011/06/26/media-is-ignorant-of-unsafe-acts-in-the-photos-they-use/
Safety Alert on quad bikes
The New South Wales Department of Industry and Investment has released a formal Health and Safety Alert of quad bikes. As it is not yet available online, it is included below. Kevin Jones Footnote: Quad bike safety will be given a rest for a little while unless there is a significant issue. KJ
Posted by Kevin Jones on June 23, 2011
http://safetyatworkblog.com/2011/06/23/safety-alert-on-quad-bikes/
Farming federation calls for mandatory fitting of safety devices to quadbikes
On 12 June 2010, SafetyAtWorkBlog noted the spokesperson for the National Farmers Federation, Duncan Fraser, supporting the voluntary fitting of roll protection devices to quadbikes in specific circumstances. On 20 June 2011, the New South Wales Farmers Federation’s Industrial Relations Committee Chair Graham Morphett has spoken in favour of ”the mandatory fitting of roll bars” to quad bikes. This is an extraordinary blow [...]
Posted by Kevin Jones on June 21, 2011
http://safetyatworkblog.com/2011/06/21/farming-federation-calls-for-mandatory-fitting-of-safety-devices-to-quadbikes/
France Telecome’s CSR report is telling but sets high expectations
In 2009, France Telecom’s management practices came to global attention as a result of a spate of over 20 suicides that were identified as work-related. On 6 June 2011, France Telecom released its Corporate Responsibility Report that covers the period of the management turmoil touched upon in earlier SafetyAtWorkBlog articles. The document is an impressive [...]
Posted by Kevin Jones on June 20, 2011
http://safetyatworkblog.com/2011/06/20/france-telecomes-csr-report-is-telling-but-sets-high-expectations/
Tasmanian Workers’ Memorial Park officially opened
Workplace safety is littered with good intentions that are not fulfilled but thankfully Tasmania has followed through on a pledge to create a workers’ memorial park. SafetyAtWorkBlog reported on the design launch by the, then, Minister for Workplace Relation Lisa Singh, two years ago. The Tasmanian Workers’ Memorial Park, located in Elizabeth Gardens, Launceston, was opened in [...]
Posted by Kevin Jones on June 18, 2011
http://safetyatworkblog.com/2011/06/18/tasmanian-workers%e2%80%99-memorial-park-officially-opened/
Quad bike poster distracts from the evidence
Not only are quadbike manufacturers resisting the inevitable, they have gone on the attack with posters being distributed that criticise the installation of crush protection devices (CPD)s, safety devices increasingly being recommended by safety advocates, farm safety specialists and government departments in Australia. According The Weekly Times on 16 June 2011, Honda, Yamaha, Suzuki, Polaris and Kawasaki and others are [...]
Posted by Kevin Jones on June 16, 2011
http://safetyatworkblog.com/2011/06/16/quad-bike-poster-distracts-from-the-evidence/
Australia to ratify ILO OHS Convention, says Senator
The Australian Financial Review (AFR) reported on 14 June 2011 (not freely available online) that Senator Jacinta Collins has publicly stated that an International Labour Organisation (ILO) occupational health and safety convention will be signed by the current Government in conjunction with other conventions on maritime labour, asbestos and part-time work. The announcement that “Australia [...]
Posted by Kevin Jones on June 14, 2011
http://safetyatworkblog.com/2011/06/14/australia-to-ratify-ilo-ohs-convention-says-senator/
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