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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.

Nine Benefits of Safe Operating Procedures

November 23, 2015

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The name, Safe Operating Procedure (SOP), is one of the names that may be given to a work procedure that is created and written after;

1. identifying...

Where Did WorkCover’s Functions Go?

September 21, 2015

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As from the 1st September 2015 the functions of WorkCover NSW have been taken over by 3 separate government bodies. You may have wondered why that ha...

Are There Unavoidable Risks in Your Workplace?

May 18, 2015

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Safe Work Australia released a report called Work Health & Safety Perceptions: Manufacturing Industry in February 2015 that contains food for thought...

Avoiding Serious Workers Compensation Claims

April 12, 2015

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The Good News

The number of serious workers compensation claims in Australia decreased in Australia by 6% in the 11 years from 2000-01 to 2011-12* (s...

How to minimise the Risk of WorkCover Prosecutions

April 7, 2015

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WorkCover prosecutions are a potent reminder of the need to do everything reasonably practicable to ensure health and safety in our workplace. The in...

Reduce Injuries and Improve Safety Culture

March 29, 2015

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What helps to reduce injuries and improve safety culture?

Can it be that compliance with the mandatory consultation requirements of the NSW WHS Act 20...

How to Achieve a Safe and Healthy Workplace

March 28, 2015

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Everyone in your workplace has a WHS duty. If all those duty holders satisfy their WHS legal duty you will have a safe and healthy workplace.

However,...

Mobile Phone Health Risks - The Latest Research

February 3, 2015

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For those who have health concerns about personal or workplace use of mobile phones or an interest in understanding the risk implications revealed by...

YSM 114 - Risk Management 4 Steps

December 12, 2014

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Risk Management consists of 4 steps which, when done in sequence, will lead to informed decisions and action on how best to eliminate or control risk...

Do you really need Safe Operating Procedures?

October 15, 2014

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What is a Safe Operating Procedure (SOP)?

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

What Makes a Manual Task Hazardous?

October 7, 2014

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Five Key Risk Factors

One or more of the following 5 risk factors will mean the manual task is hazardous and can cause injury to a worker.

The term h...

What Managers and Supervisors Need to do about WHS Risk Management

September 25, 2014

What is Work Health and Safety Risk Management?

WHS Risk Management is the systematic process of;

identifying hazards
assessing the risks...

How can you keep your workers safe?

September 9, 2014

Managers and Supervisors have to deal with this issue every day in their workplace – keeping the employees and others in their area of responsibility...

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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

Nine Benefits of Safe Operating Procedures

Where Did WorkCover’s Functions Go?

Are There Unavoidable Risks in Your Workplace?

Avoiding Serious Workers Compensation Claims

How to minimise the Risk of WorkCover Prosecutions

Reduce Injuries and Improve Safety Culture

How to Achieve a Safe and Healthy Workplace

Mobile Phone Health Risks - The Latest Research

YSM 114 - Risk Management 4 Steps

Do you really need Safe Operating Procedures?

What Makes a Manual Task Hazardous?

What Managers and Supervisors Need to do about WHS Risk Management

How can you keep your workers safe?

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