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Halloween Safety Tips for Teenagers
Halloween Safety Tips for Teenagers Halloween Safety: Parties, Pranks, and Accident Prevention Teens have historically pulled pranks, threw parties, and committed crimes on Halloween. Freely talking to your teen about preventing criminal activities among their friends, preventing unlawful … [Read more...] about Halloween Safety Tips for Teenagers
Cyclone Safety Tips and Precautions
Cyclone Safety Tips and Precautions We've recently been warned that on top of all the recent flooding, QLD still faces a very serious threat from severe cyclones in the next week or so. Many injuries are caused by flying objects and structures not built according to latest building codes. The … [Read more...] about Cyclone Safety Tips and Precautions
Work from Home Safety Assessments
Work from Home Safety Resources Telework Australia have produced this excellent guide to telecommuting or working from home. It contains information on: Types of OH&S risks, Individual factors, Psychosocial factors, Work organisation, Work place and awkward postures, Task variability, Loads and … [Read more...] about Work from Home Safety Assessments
Household Chemical Safety
Household Chemical Safety Chemicals can be harmful substances no matter if you are home or if you are in a lab. However, home chemical use can be very dangerous, especially if chemicals are mixed by homeowners, either intentionally or unintentionally. Thankfully, a little free chemical … [Read more...] about Household Chemical Safety
Baby Safety – Childproofing for Your New Arrival
Baby Safety: Childproofing for Your New Arrival Nothing is more precious to a family than the newest member of the family, so taking precautions to make your home safe for your new baby is necessary. Although newborns may not be able to cause much trouble, they grow fast and can explore … [Read more...] about Baby Safety – Childproofing for Your New Arrival
We should be licensed to have children
We should be licensed to have children I was at the shopping centre yesterday when I saw a 2 year left unattended in a shopping trolley beside a balustrade with a 2 storey fall to the bottom of the atrium. I politely told the mother that it was probably a very unsafe thing to do – and … [Read more...] about We should be licensed to have children
Making High Crime Suburbs Safer
Neighbourhood Watch: Making Your High Crime Neighborhoods Safer For city councils, citizens, and criminals, it is difficult to break established high-crime neighborhoods from the patterns of crime formed over time. It takes a village to reduce the crime patterns, and the village … [Read more...] about Making High Crime Suburbs Safer
BCA Requirements for Balustrades and Handrails
BCA Requirements for Balustrades and Handrails Great article from the Australian Timber Database about the BCA requirements for timber balustrades and handrails. They state that: For all buildings, handrails and balustrades are required to comply with the Building Code of Australia (BCA). The BCA … [Read more...] about BCA Requirements for Balustrades and Handrails
Did I Turn it Off?
Did I turn it off? The iron, the oven, the stove, the hair-straightener, the humidifier, the electric blanket – on or off? The only way to clear your mind, once you have left home, whether you turned something off or not, is to physically go back and check or get someone else … [Read more...] about Did I Turn it Off?