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Quick Guide to Auditing OHS Systems

May 30, 2014 by George Robotham 1 Comment

  Quick Guide to Auditing OHS Systems George’s Safety Reflections – by the late George Robotham  There is some confusion in practice between the terms inspection and audit, I distinguish … [Read more...] about Quick Guide to Auditing OHS Systems

Filed Under: George Robotham Tagged With: AS4801, ohs systems, Safety Auditing, Safety Audits, Safety Reflections, Safety Systems

Imagination and Safety

May 13, 2014 by Dr Rob Long Leave a Comment

Imagination? We’ll Soon Knock that Nonsense Out of You A safety friend of mind Ted rang the other day, he had just gone through the circus and charade of an OFSC Audit and 4801 Audit. He said, ‘ah, … [Read more...] about Imagination and Safety

Filed Under: Risk Aversion, Robert Long, Safety Culture, Safety Legislation Tagged With: AS4801, court cases, imagination, JSA, OFSC, Safety, Safety Audits, safety culture, swms, workcover

Deconstructing Safety and Humans

May 3, 2014 by Dr Rob Long 4 Comments

Deconstructing Safety and Humans Another article by Dr Rob Long – only for the thinking Safety Professional! See more of Rob’s work here. Do yourself a big favour check out his book here. For some … [Read more...] about Deconstructing Safety and Humans

Filed Under: Robert Long, Simplistic Safety Tagged With: AS4801, safety and humans, unsafe acts

Gaining AS4801 Accreditation

April 28, 2014 by Admin 3 Comments

How to Gain AS4801 Accreditation Some of the most common queries on this site are about gaining AS4801 accreditation or why you need to have AS4801 accreditation in the first place. Probably because, … [Read more...] about Gaining AS4801 Accreditation

Filed Under: Workplace Safety Tagged With: as 4801, AS4801, as4801 accreditation, as4801 audit, Safety Audits, Safety Systems

How to Introduce a Harmonised Safety System

November 29, 2013 by Barry Spud Leave a Comment

Introducing a harmonised OHS Management System – by George Robotham  “Assume for a moment, you have a newly established business, and you have been tasked with establishing a corporate (not … [Read more...] about How to Introduce a Harmonised Safety System

Filed Under: Workplace Safety Tagged With: AS4801, harmonised safety system, ohs, Safety Systems

Auditing OHS management systems

November 11, 2013 by George Robotham 1 Comment

Auditing OHS management systems Guest Post by the late George Robotham  Introduction There is some confusion in practice between the terms inspection and audit, I distinguish between the two by … [Read more...] about Auditing OHS management systems

Filed Under: Workplace Safety Tagged With: AS4801, audits, management system, Safety Auditing

Free AS4801 Audit Tools

September 24, 2013 by Barry Spud 7 Comments

Free AS4801 Audit Tools Comprehensive audit tools and checklists to evaluate your OHS system utilising the framework of AS/NZS 4801:2001 Unfortunately SAI Global made us take down this really … [Read more...] about Free AS4801 Audit Tools

Filed Under: Workplace Safety Tagged With: AS4801, audit tool, Contractors, free checklists, Free Safety Stuff, Safety Auditing, Safety Audits

OHS Challenges in Australia

September 11, 2013 by Admin 3 Comments

OHS Challenges in AustraliaThis is one of the best safety papers I have read for a long, long time and TOTALLY RELEVANT ANYWHERE ELSE IN THE WORLD. Its Author, George Robotham  admits to having a … [Read more...] about OHS Challenges in Australia

Filed Under: Risk Management, Safety Management Plan, Workplace Safety Tagged With: accident data, AS4801, critical reflection, discipline focus, dynamic member, frequency rate, george robotham, latest fads, long long time, ohs education, practical experiences, professional organisations, quotable quote, rate risk, safety leadership, safety management systems, safety ohs, safety progress, scientific discipline

31000-2009 Risk Management Standard

August 14, 2013 by Admin 7 Comments

31000-2009 Risk Management Standard In November 2009, the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) introduced the ISO 31000:2009 Risk Management Standard.  The standard provides … [Read more...] about 31000-2009 Risk Management Standard

Filed Under: Risk Management Tagged With: AS4801, assists, business executives, entities, global corporations, global financial crisis, implementation, informative resource, international electrotechnical commission, international organization, iso 31000, iso catalogue, ISO31000, line managers, management risk assessment, management vocabulary, online resource, press release, pressrelease, risk analysts, risk assessment techniques, Risk Management

Free AS4801 Safety System Guide

August 12, 2013 by Admin 3 Comments

Implementing an OHS Safety Management System in accordance with AS/NZS 4801 Developing and implementing an Occupational Health and Safety System that complies with AS4801 (whether or not you want it … [Read more...] about Free AS4801 Safety System Guide

Filed Under: Workplace Safety Tagged With: AS4801, ohsms, Safety Auditing, Safety Audits, Safety Procedures, safety system, Safety Systems

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