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Safety Culture – Twelve Steps to a Change Management Checklist

January 15, 2020 by Admin 6 Comments

By James Roughton and Nathan Crutchfield Conducting site reviews (audits), areas surveys, findings from job hazard analysis (JHA), and observations may uncover perceptions, areas or tasks that must … [Read more...] about Safety Culture – Twelve Steps to a Change Management Checklist

Filed Under: Safety Management Plan Tagged With: ansi z10, change initiative, changes in the workplace, crutchfield, different materials, interrelationships, james roughton, JHA, job hazard analysis, job hazard analysis jha, launch, management checklist, necessary revisions, occupational health and safety, occupational health and safety management, safety consultant, safety culture, twelve steps

What is OHS?

July 27, 2014 by George Robotham 1 Comment

What is Occupational Health and Safety? One of the original Articles by the late George Robotham  Good question that I do not have a good answer to, but have a few observations- OHS is the … [Read more...] about What is OHS?

Filed Under: George Robotham Tagged With: occupational health and safety, ohs, Safety, Safety Management, Safety Overkill, WHS

Safety Committees – How to run an Occupational Health and Safety Meeting

November 6, 2013 by Barry Spud 5 Comments

Safety Committees - How to run an Occupational Health and Safety Meeting Warning - some may find this very boring! Others may not :-)  School committees, sporting committees, church committees and … [Read more...] about Safety Committees – How to run an Occupational Health and Safety Meeting

Filed Under: Workplace Safety Tagged With: church committees, committee members, daily safety, elements, goals and objectives, health and safety, objective, occupational health and safety, Safety Committee, safety committees, Safety Procedures, school committees, successful committee, timely manner, vested interest, workplace safety

Danger of Generic Safe Work Method Statements

August 21, 2013 by Admin 3 Comments

Danger of Generic Safe Work Method Statements We have been concerned for some time about the propensity for some employers and contractors to use a work method statement they found on google. An … [Read more...] about Danger of Generic Safe Work Method Statements

Filed Under: Work Method Statements Tagged With: court justice, explosive force, fatal injuries, forklift trucks, health and safety act, kavanagh, lithgow, occupational health and safety, occupational health and safety act, occupational health and safety act 2000, ohs management systems, propensity, risk assessments, Safe work method statement, service trainee, tyre service, Work Method Statements

Making Safety Fun

August 12, 2013 by Admin 5 Comments

Making Safety Fun Have your efforts or the efforts of your safety committee to promotes Occupational Health and Safety in the Workplace stagnated? These resources written by Linda Tapp from … [Read more...] about Making Safety Fun

Filed Under: Safety Books, Safety Training Tagged With: games, hazard hunt, health and safety, health and safety in the workplace, occupational health and safety, safety committee, safety in the workplace, tapp

Occupational Health and Safety Risk Assessment

June 22, 2013 by Admin 1 Comment

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OHS Risk Assessment By far the most commonly used search terms people use to find this site are those related to occupational health and safety risk assessment or risk assessment templates. From our … [Read more...] about Occupational Health and Safety Risk Assessment

Filed Under: Risk Assessment, Risk Assessment Templates Tagged With: occupational health and safety, ohs, risk assessment, Risk Assessment Checklists, Risk Assessment Forms, risk assessment software, Risk Assessment Templates

Measure Health and Safety Performance

June 2, 2013 by Admin 3 Comments

Measure Health and Safety Performance Recent article by OHS Reps @ Work. Outlining the negative aspects of using traditional safety performance indicators: Too often, the only measures used in … [Read more...] about Measure Health and Safety Performance

Filed Under: Workplace Safety Tagged With: adequate safety, audit commission, frequency rates, government authorities, health and safety executive, health and safety executive uk, LTIFR, ltis, measuring health, minerals council, national occupational health, national occupational health and safety commission, occupational health and safety, outcome indicators, performance measurement, ppis, safety performance, Safety Rep, time injuries, time injury, website audit

Safe Work Method Statements

April 29, 2013 by Barry Spud 1 Comment

OFSC releases new fact sheet: Guidance for Producing Safe Work Method Statements (SWMS) Do you need guidance to develop your Safe Work Method Statements? The Office of the Federal Safety … [Read more...] about Safe Work Method Statements

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What is sexual harassment? What managers and supervisors need to know

February 1, 2013 by Admin 3 Comments

What is sexual harassment? What managers and supervisors need to know Some organisations require supervisors to complete sexual harassment training to ensure you are compliant with the Occupational … [Read more...] about What is sexual harassment? What managers and supervisors need to know

Filed Under: Workplace Safety Tagged With: criminal law, forms of sexual harassment, harassment at work, human rights commission, indecent exposure, insults, intrusive questions, occupational health and safety, physical assault, private life, safety laws, sexual assault, sexual harassment at work, sexual harassment training, sexual nature, sms messages, social networking sites, suggestive comments, taunts, workplaces

Health and Safety Incidents and Fines

October 25, 2012 by Admin 2 Comments

Health and Safety Incidents and Fines A list of the incidents, prosecutions and fines which took place over August 2010, brought to you by OSHEM Solutions via Health, Safety. 23 yr old go kart … [Read more...] about Health and Safety Incidents and Fines

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