October 2024 Issue 48 Technology and Workplace Safety – Balancing Innovation and Humanity During Safe Work Month 2024, the intersection of technology and worker protection was under the spotlight. This article explores how innovative technologies can collaborate with human oversight to create safer workplaces. Australian workers continue to experience high rates…
Safety News June 2024
June 2024 Issue 47 A toolbox talk of a different kind WorkSafe VIC charged a company director for driving a ute with a teenage apprentice in a toolbox. The incident occurred in February 2022, when a 19-year-old apprentice was told to lie down inside the toolbox, which was mounted on the back of…
Safety News February 2024
February 2024 Issue 46 Baby Boomers to Gen Z: Are we seeing a shift in safety attitude? Sadly, workers over the age of 45 account for almost two thirds of workplace fatalities in 2022. Younger workers aged under 25 had the lowest fatality rate. Is this a cultural shift in safety attitudes of…
Safety News September 2023
September 2023 Issue 45 Working from home, is it a double edge sword? Before the COVID-19 pandemic, remote work was being explored by some companies, but its adoption was relatively slow and limited. The pandemic forced employers to adapt to remote working conditions, and while this offers many benefits, it also comes with…
Safety News March 2023
March 2023 Issue 44 Psychological Safety vs Psychosocial Risk Psychological safety and psychosocial risks both require attention from employers to create a safe and healthy work environment, but how well do leaders understand the difference between the two terms and the factors that contribute to them? Sea Safe: bringing the seafood…
Safety News September 2022
September 2022 Issue 43 Take a moment and talk about psychosocial hazards Psychosocial hazards are the things at work that can harm mental health. Safe Work Australia (SWA) are encouraging businesses to take a moment and have a conversation about psychosocial hazards, during mental health week in October 2022. Supreme Court decision puts spotlight on…
Safety News March 2022
March 2022 Issue 42 After 38 years, WA’s Work Health and Safety laws will be modernised The Work Health and Safety Act 2020 and regulations will commence in Western Australia on March 31, 2022. After 38 years, WA’s work health and safety laws will be modernised. Psychological health regulations open for comment…
Safety News October 2021
October 2021 Issue 41 Safe Work Month Events & Training No job should be unsafe and no death or injury is acceptable. October every year is a time that Safe Work Australia encourages people to work together to commit to safe and healthy workplaces for all Australians. To coincide with Safe Work Month,…
Safety News June 2021
June 2021 Issue 40 Welding safety at the forefront of new research To better understand exposure to welding fumes, the NSW Centre for WHS is conducting new research, together with the University of Sydney and Curtin University. The Centre is focusing on Australian welding industries and occupations, current controls being used and the…
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