Safety Australia Group was invited to present to a large Chinese Trade Delegation that hailed from the Henan Province in China.
Henan province has the 5th largest provincial economy in the country and has over 94 million people within their jurisdiction.
Work-related fatalities associated with unsafe design of machinery, plant and powered tools, 2006-2011 report indicates a high number of work-related fatalities could have been avoided if risks had been eliminated through safe design.
Safe Work Australia recently released findings on a risk taking and rule breaking study. This study presents key material in light of the Work Health and Safety Strategy 2012-22.
Work Safe reached out to 1052 employers, 520 sole traders and 1311 workers and 669 HSRs/ WHSPs, to gauge perspectives and insights into the crux of dangerous workplace behaviours.
How well do you support your apprentices in their off-site training? Safety Australia Group recently spent time assisting a large educational facility to reinforce to its employees the importance of systematic risk management procedures.
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.
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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. Continue reading
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The most common work-related injuries (41.9%) are due to sprain and strains, as a result of occupational overuse and poor ergonomic set up.
By making some simple changes to your workstation ergonomics such as work posture; screen height, positioning of your mouse and keyboard, desk layout, lighting and how often you have breaks are just a few changes that will assist your organisation in reducing injuries.
Workstation ergonomics assessment and training can help your organisation to reduce the financial burden of time off work from injured workers and avoid increased workers compensation premiums.
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The number of Australians who are deaf or hearing impaired is increasing because of long-term exposure to excessive noise – often in the workplace – accidents, the environment and the ageing of the population.
Noise is a major workplace health and safety hazard and under WHS legislation, workers must be protected from the risk of hearing loss.
In 2013, unfortunately 191 workers were fatally injured at work. This is 16% lower than the 228 deaths recorded in 2012 and 39% lower than the highest number of worker deaths recorded in the series (311) in 2007.
This years theme for Farm Safety Week is ‘Safe Farms – Healthy Farmers’ and targets practical issues that farmers can take to improve safety and health for themselves, their workers and family members. A free phone app has also been released to help farmers with safety inductions for new workers on their farm.
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