Jordan Barab is a major voice in occupational health and safety (OHS) in the United States. This year he chalks up 20 years of his Confined Spaces blog. His latest year-in-review article includes a political perspective that Australian OHS professionals and institutions should consider.
A holiday video message of thanks from me.
Continue reading “Thanks for a successful 2023”It’s the end of 2022 and a busy year for the SafetyAtWorkBlog. As of the time of writing, there have been 192 articles this year, totalling 191,000 words ($1.40 per article for annual subscribers). 56,000 views, over 270 corporate and individual subscribers, and over 4,000 followers on Twitter and LinkedIn is a pretty good online profile for an activity produced in my “spare time”.
I hope you, my subscribers, have been informed and challenged by my contributions to the occupational health and safety state of knowledge. After a Christmas break, the SafetyAtWorkBlog will be back from mid-January 2023
Analysing end of year statistics for the SafetyAtWorkBlog has uncovered a couple of curiosities.
The blog has been operating for over 14 years, and the average number of articles each year is 223. The average number of words per article increased over that time to 1,016 in 2021. The graph below shows the change over time. (The subscription model commenced in 2017)
It has been almost two years since I spent time at a beach. In an island country like Australia, that is almost a sin but my sin will he wiped over the Christmas and New Year break. More than a physical break from work, a mental health break is essential. I have some detective novels, graphic novels and celebrity biographies to help me unwind.
As safety health and wellbeing advocates and professionals, we should be exemplars on mental and physical health but even exemplars have bosses and need to “undertake other duties, as directed”. Regardless of these operational pressures, we all need a rest and the SafetyAtWorkBlog team of workers and web designers hope that you get to rest, relax and reconnect over the next few weeks.
Continue reading “Happy (Safe and Healthy) Holidays”One of the prominent occupational health and safety (OHS) lawyers in Australia has started a podcast. The first episode discusses Industrial Manslaughter.
Steve Bell of law firm Herbert Smith Freehills recently published the Safety Podcast, but the title is a bit of a misnomer as, judging by the first episode, the discussion is more about safety law than safety. Regardless, the podcast adds to our state of OHS knowledge.
A week out from Australia’s Federal Election and a major national workplace health and safety conference in Sydney, I produced a video update and a podcast about some recent SafetyAtWorkBlog articles, some new books and what’s coming up in this blog.
If you are able to attend the #safetyscape conference next week, chase me down for a selfie. upload it to Twitter or Instagram and receive a month’s free subscription to the SafetyAtWorkBlog.
