Workers’ compensation claims related to mental stress and harassment and/or bullying have both risen in recent years, according to a recent Safe Work Australia analysis. It found the frequency rate (claims per 100 million hours worked) of mental stress claims declined from 2002–03 to 2015–16, before rising again in recent years.
To create a better understanding of workers’ exposure to welding fumes in Australia, the NSW Government’s Centre for Work Health and Safety is conducting new research. Together with the University of Sydney and Curtin University, the Centre is focusing on broadening the knowledge of Australian welding industries and occupations, current controls being used and the…
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The biggest challenge when it comes to systems thinking is a fixation on ‘human error’ and the behaviour of workers at the so-called sharp end when trying to understand and manage safety, according to the University of the Sunshine Coast.
There were 1222 workers’ compensation claims related to COVID-19 lodged in 2020, and of these, 974 claims were accepted, 127 were rejected and 121 are still pending, according to new Safe Work Australia data. Of the 1095 accepted and pending claims lodged last year, 826 were for workers who had contracted COVID-19, 212 were for…
Written by Robert Keft, 28 October 2019 Why Employers, Unions, Workers and Government all need to come together for one Cause, that is Work Health and Safety I have observed over many years the tension between employers, unions, workers and government over many issues. They include typically remuneration, workplace conditions, work hours, productivity, workplace morale…
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Last year in Australia, Safe Work Australia preliminary data shows that around 180 people died while doing their job. Around 107,000 people made a workers’ compensation claim for serious injury or illness in 2017-18. Safe Work Month (SWM) runs every year in October and this years theme is ‘Work Health and Safety through COVID-19‘.
Safe Work Australia has published new guidance to help businesses navigate the transition to GHS 7. Australia will begin a two-year transition to the Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labelling of Chemicals Revision 7 (GHS 7) on 1 January 2021.
The NSW Government has launched a new campaign urging farmers using side-by-side vehicles to wear seat belts following a spate of deaths across the state. Minister for Better Regulation and Innovation, Kevin Anderson, said the campaign is focused on lifting on-farm safety following a rise in preventable deaths in side-by-side vehicles.
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]With millions of people working from home throughout the coronavirus outbreak, research has recently identified key strategies for both organisations and their employees to safeguard mental health. Led by researchers from the University of Sydney Business School, the peer-reviewed research synthesises existing studies on how technology-driven changes at work will impact workplace mental health and…
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Safety climate, culture and leadership at first glance all sound like the same thing but in order to gain a better understanding of each of these, we break this down with the help of some great resources from Workplace Health & Safety QLD’s Safety Leadership at Work Program.
