Author Archives: Robert Keft

New Inspectors for Victoria

WorkSafe Victoria has today welcomed 20 new inspectors to its frontline team. Minister for Finance, Robin Scott, and WorkSafe Acting Chief Executive, Clare Amies, presented the new graduates with their certificate of appointment and their inspector badge in front of about 100 colleagues, family and friends this morning.

How much noise is too much?

Noise is a major workplace health and safety hazard and under WHS legislation, workers must be protected from the risk of hearing loss. Hazardous noise can destroy the ability to hear clearly, making it more difficult to hear sounds necessary for working safely such as instructions or warning signals.

Sitting is the New Smoking

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Every hour of sitting cuts 22 minutes from our life span Sitting is the new smoking and your chair is out to harm your health. Research reveals that every hour of sitting cuts approximately 22 minutes from our life span, and alarmingly we spend as much as 80% of our working day seated.