Eliminate or Minimise WHS Risks - the Hierarchy of Control Measures
Weekly WHS Article 18th November 2021 The most important actions in managing WHS risks in your workplace involves eliminating risks so...
Your WHS management system must comply with the laws of the jurisdictions in which you operate
Businesses are expected to comply with the laws of the jurisdictions they operate in. This also applies to WHS laws ....
Keeping Your Workplace Safe & Healthy
Weekly WHS Article 20th May 2021 The PCBU’s overarching duty of care The WHS Act (Section 19) requires that the PCBU must ensure as far...
DYS Issue 73 - May 2021
NSW Premier Announces New Bullying & Harassment Protections The NSW Premier Ms Berejiklian has announced in a media release on the 28th...
Albert Einstein + WHS = ?
Albert Einstein is regarded as one of the most influential scientists of all time and the father of Modern Physics. Also, he was very effective at solving problems and his many quotations still live on. Einstein’s Message Looking back at what Einstein has said during his lifetime we can tie some of his great and famous statements to the field of health and safety. He said things like: “Only a life lived for others is a life worthwhile.” “In the middle of difficulty lies opp
Provide Information, Training, Instruction, and Supervision
The NSW Code of Practice: How to Manage Health & Safety Risks, has very useful guidance that you can use to compare with the actions ....
Provide & Maintain Safe Systems of Work
The WHS Act 2011 requires that PCBUs must provide and maintain safe systems of work for their workers (Section19 (3)(c). When there have...
DYS Issue 72 - Mar 2021
New SafeWork Service Standards for Handling Workplace Incidents SafeWork NSW has released a new service standard for handling workplace...
Using SafeWork NSW’s Risk Radar to Improve WHS
We recommend taking a look at the SafeWork NSW's Risk radar | SafeWork NSW . In Risk Radar you can select each job in your industry and...
Toolbox Talks: A Closer Look at Workplace Communication
Toolbox talks are short, informal safety meetings that take place in the workplace. They reinforce safety protocols and encourage safe...
Workplace Health & Safety - Are There Double Standards?
Whereas a workplace accident or death in the private sector is dealt with under the various state WHS or OHS Acts, with great...
How to Handle Hazardous Manual Tasks in Your Workplace
Based on the most recent workers compensation figures from SIRA NSW , manual handling is still the most common cause of workplace injury...
SafeWork NSW extends online HSR courses window
(2020) SafeWork NSW has advised us that they have extended the time in which SafeWork’s HSR courses can be delivered by Real Time Remote...
Time Frames for HSRs
Time frame for negotiating to have HSRs If one or more workers requests to have health and safety representatives represent them for the...