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On this page you will find all of our WHS articles and issues of ‘Your Safety Matters’ organised in a blog format. You can search for an entry by looking through the archives or selecting a subject tag.

“No Risk” Risk Assessment

July 31, 2017

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The injuries and two fatalities we covered in recent articles involved situations where flaws in the risk assessment and controls were key elements. ...

A Fatal Lack of Officer Due Diligence

July 24, 2017

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Two recent and separate prosecutions of companies and their Officers will be of interest to anyone who is an Officer and thus has a duty of “due dili...

Who Needs Safe Work Procedures in Your Workplace?

July 10, 2017

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What is a Safe Work Procedure (SWP)?

It is a written document setting out the logical sequence of steps that must be followed to safely perform a work...

Achieving Compliance with Section 19 WHS Act

July 3, 2017

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PCBUs who do not satisfy their primary duty of care (section 19 WHS Act) may find it a costly and daunting experience. This article sets out a number...

How to Avoid a $1 Million Hazardous Manual Task Injury

May 28, 2017

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You might not expect that stacking goods on the shelves of a supermarket could result in an injury where the Court recently awarded a worker $1 milli...

$1 Million WHS Prosecution Sets NSW Record High

May 22, 2017

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In early May 2017 the NSW District Court fined a PCBU $1 million for breaches of section 19 of the NSW WHS Act. This is the highest NSW WHS fine so f...

How to Improve Business Through an Effective WHS Management System

May 8, 2017

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Much of the success of an organization is reliant on the ongoing contributions of its staff.

As Sir Richard Branson (Virgin) says: "Success in busine...

How Managers & Supervisors Can Contribute to Safety Culture

May 8, 2017

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You may have noticed that there appears to be a new swell of interest and articles about safety culture and leadership. Improvements in safety cultur...

How to Chair an Effective Health & Safety Committee Meeting

April 26, 2017

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Many workplaces in NSW have a Health & Safety Committee either as a permanent body or as one that is set up from time to time when needed to deal wit...

Court Clarifies HSRs Right to Choose a HSR Course

April 10, 2017

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A decision by the NSW Industrial Relations Commission on 3/3/17 has made it clear that a HSR can choose the HSR course they want to attend but must d...

Compliance With “Reasonable Suspicion” and Other “Reasonable” WHS Legal Terms

March 12, 2017

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An officer or employee of a union who is a WHS entry permit holder has the right to enter your workplace if they have a “reasonable suspicion” that W...

How to Ensure You Have an “Adequate Number” of Trained First Aiders

February 26, 2017

The WHS Regulations (reg 42) requires every PCBU to have an “adequate” number of trained first aiders. But how can you ensure that your workplace has...

Duty of Care & Achieving WHS Compliance: One Follows the Other

February 19, 2017

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The human trait of caring for others is inherent in our legal system. It is also the foundation of the WHS Act and WHS Regulations and, together with...

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The Key Points of “Must Do” Risk Management

February 5, 2020

Minimise WHS Risk to Minimise Financial Loss

November 19, 2019

How to Maintain and Review WHS Risk Controls

November 5, 2019

How to Minimise WHS Risks in Your Workplace

October 29, 2019

Which is Best? Onsite or Public WHS Training?

October 22, 2019

Using Realistic WHS Targets & Consultation for a Safe & Heal...

October 8, 2019

How to Help Prevent Injuries in Your Workplace

September 24, 2019

The Best Way to Set Up Work Groups for Consultation with Wor...

September 17, 2019

Changes in Two Important WHS Codes of Practice Updated by Sa...

September 10, 2019

The Benefits of Training the Chairperson of a Health & Safet...

August 26, 2019

Preventing Workplace Injuries

August 19, 2019

What is a Safety Champion?

August 14, 2019

Successful Health & Safety Committee Chairpersons

July 29, 2019

A Lack of Adequate Supervision Cost $588,000

July 16, 2019

What is the “Adequate Number of Trained First Aiders”?

July 9, 2019

Manual Handling: Hazardous Manual Tasks - Are They in Your...

July 1, 2019

Does Your Workplace Have Gaps in WHS Compliance?

June 4, 2019

The Values of HSRs and Health & Safety Committee Members

May 27, 2019

SIRA’s Competency Requirements for RTW Coordinators

May 21, 2019

Will There Be a 50% Increase in WHS Penalty Levels?

May 14, 2019

Where Do Manual Task Injuries Come From?

May 7, 2019

DYS Issue 65 - May 2019

April 30, 2019

Officer Ordered to Have Due Diligence Training

April 16, 2019

How to Review WHS Risk Controls

March 25, 2019

How to Comply with WHS Consultation Requirements

March 4, 2019

WHS Training: What Training?

February 19, 2019

Working with a SafeWork NSW Inspector

February 12, 2019

How to Ensure that WHS Risk Controls Remain Effective

January 14, 2019

Courtenell’s Public 1-day Effective Health and Safety Commi...

December 8, 2018

“Reasonably Practicable” Fried Onions at Bunnings

November 22, 2018

How to Avoid a WHS Disaster Do Everything “Reasonably Practi...

November 15, 2018

Return to Work National Survey Outcomes Summary

November 8, 2018

DYS Issue 64 - November 2018

October 30, 2018

The Focus of WHS Training For Supervisors

October 16, 2018

Your Wish List About Supervisor WHS Responsibilities & Funct...

October 9, 2018

DYS Issue 63 - October 2018

October 4, 2018

October – The Benefits of Safe Work Month

October 1, 2018

Changes to the SIRA Training Requirement for Return to Work...

September 18, 2018

What is a “Reasonably Foreseeable Hazard”? - Part 2

September 12, 2018

What is a “Reasonably Foreseeable Hazard”? - Part 1

September 5, 2018

What or Who is a PCBU?

August 13, 2018

A WHS Tool to Help Identify Areas of Concern

August 6, 2018

DYS Issue 62 - August 2018

August 2, 2018

PCBU Interaction with HSRs and Health & Safety Committee

July 30, 2018

How to Increase the Benefits of WHS Consultation Part 2

July 24, 2018

YSM 136 - A WHS Risks Check

July 18, 2018

How to Increase the Benefits of WHS Consultation Part 1

July 16, 2018

Tragic Lessons in Work Health & Safety

July 9, 2018

Do PCBUs have to Train their Managers & Supervisors in WHS?

June 25, 2018

Has Your HSRs’ or Committee Members’ Term of Office Expired?

June 19, 2018

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Work Health and Safety Articles

“No Risk” Risk Assessment

A Fatal Lack of Officer Due Diligence

Who Needs Safe Work Procedures in Your Workplace?

Achieving Compliance with Section 19 WHS Act

How to Avoid a $1 Million Hazardous Manual Task Injury

$1 Million WHS Prosecution Sets NSW Record High

How to Improve Business Through an Effective WHS Management System

How Managers & Supervisors Can Contribute to Safety Culture

How to Chair an Effective Health & Safety Committee Meeting

Court Clarifies HSRs Right to Choose a HSR Course

Compliance With “Reasonable Suspicion” and Other “Reasonable” WHS Legal Terms

How to Ensure You Have an “Adequate Number” of Trained First Aiders

Duty of Care & Achieving WHS Compliance: One Follows the Other

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