SafetyAtWorkBlog has received several enquiries around the Share Solutions mentioned in an August 5, 2009 blog posting. Coincidentally overnight WorkSafe Victoria released one of its “Health and Safety Solutions” dealing with falls through cellar trapdoors in the hospitality industry.
For those of the “Youtube generation” the video below shows the risks of not controlling the hazard of an open cellar door.
Information distribution
This latest is a good example of how good old ideas can be updated, but it would still be good to see such solutions “harmonised” through a national process and disseminated more widely that relying on business finding these items on the website.
It is understood that WorkSafe believes that the OHS professionals are an important medium for this type of information, and this mention in SafetyAWorkBlog perhaps illustrates that strategy. Looking at the websites of some of the OHS associations in Australia, none seem to be lining through to new WorkSafe content or reproducing the content on their own sites for their members. The commercial sites are doing the work for regulators and the associations and funding their activities through advertising.
This certainly makes a low cost distribution model for WorkSafe but one that is short-sighted and of questionable sustainability.
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