05-11-2014Confined spaces are a pain in the neck in more ways than one for Occupational Health and Safety people assessing them and those required to enter them alike. These are areas which carry a high consequence, high likelihood of incident rating should be treated as HIGH or VERY HIGH risk each and every time they...
Read more 17-09-2014Make toolbox talks an effective way to keep health and safety forefront in the minds of your workers and make them aware of current risks and hazards. Toolbox talks are an effective way to instill or maintain heightened safety awareness within any workgroup. Making these talks effective is a useful way to keep health and...
Read more 29-08-2014Between 3 to 4 thousand admissions to hospitals each year can be attributable to falls from ladders and on average, more than 20 to 30 Australians die each year after suffering such a fall. Ladders have been and will continue to be a necessary piece of equipment to get the job done, both in the...
Read more 14-08-2014Asbestos is one of the most versatile products known to man. It is light, very durable, fire retardant, cheap to produce and has seemingly endless applications from insulation to brake pads. However, the strength of the asbestos fibre is also what makes it so terribly hazardous to human health. Under a microscope, we observe friable...
Read more 01-08-2014Effective management of incidents within the workplace relies on proper first aid preparation, information and adequately trained first aid personnel. One of the most important functions of effective incident management is having the immediate capability to respond to incidents and injuries in the workplace as they occur. This document will outline the two avenues of...
Read more 09-07-2014Whether driving vehicles for work related activities or driving for personal reasons the hazards are the same. Potential hazards associated with driving including roads and near road conditions or objects, environmental conditions, vehicles, driver competency etc and the way they interact. Some factors contribute to the occurrence of a collision, other factors aggravate the effects...
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