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Fear and Trembling of the Federal Safety Commission (OFSC)

December 10, 2018 by Dr Rob Long 6 Comments

Fear and Trembling of the Federal Safety Commission (OFSC) It doesn’t matter where I go in the Building and Construction industry there is fear and trembling about an OFSC Audit. The fear and trembling is not about undertaking an audit but about the excessive and petty nature of what the OFSC … [Read more...] about Fear and Trembling of the Federal Safety Commission (OFSC)

Filed Under: Compliance, Construction Safety, Robert Long Tagged With: audit, OFSC

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, now we are safe’, I said, ‘no your not, you are probably less safe’. (I’ll get back to this point … [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

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