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FREE ebook – Guidance for the beginning OHS professional

November 12, 2016 by George Robotham 82 Comments

FREE 216 page ebook – “Guidance for the beginning OHS professional” – by the late Safety Legend George Robotham UPDATE: Over 10,000 copies already sent out and the positive feedback has been overwhelming – this encouraged George to write another 6 before he passed away suddenly and way too soon! … [Read more...] about FREE ebook – Guidance for the beginning OHS professional

Filed Under: George Robotham, Safety Books Tagged With: free copy, ohs, safety professional, safety professionals

Safety Myths and Misconceptions

July 27, 2016 by George Robotham Leave a Comment

Safety Myths & Misconceptions Republished in memory of the late George Robotham (see all of his articles here) and his mentor Geoff McDonald who also recently passed away (https://safetyrisk.net/vale-geoff-mcdonald/) Note:- Brisbane based OHS consultant, Geoff McDonald has considerably … [Read more...] about Safety Myths and Misconceptions

Filed Under: George Robotham, Human Error, Safety Leadership, Safety Myths Tagged With: leaders, litfr, ohs, safety myths

Its All Good – The Trees Were Killed For OH&S Reasons

January 24, 2015 by Admin 2 Comments

Its All Good - The Trees Were Killed For OH&S Reasons Radio Station B105 reported today that trees on a wealthy Brisbane Street have been dressed in shade cloth as part of a fight against vandals.  The trees were poisoned last April, allegedly by local residents, hoping to improve the value of … [Read more...] about Its All Good – The Trees Were Killed For OH&S Reasons

Filed Under: Safety Satire Tagged With: ohs, safety crusader

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 science / art / wizardry / bloody hard game of convincing stakeholders at all levels to identify … [Read more...] about What is OHS?

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

Marketing Safety

June 6, 2014 by George Robotham 2 Comments

Marketing safety By the late George Robotham Make no bones about it, safety is a product that has to be marketed in ways similar to the ways the products your organisation produces are marketed. A good OHS section on your organisations web site will help. It is best to treat everybody you … [Read more...] about Marketing Safety

Filed Under: George Robotham Tagged With: marketing safety, ohs, Safety Engagement, Safety Presentations, Safety Reflections, safety sense, Safety Shows

Banned OSHA Videos

May 28, 2014 by Admin 4 Comments

Banned OSHA Videos These three big budget films were made by OSHA in 1980 during the Carter Administration. They were produced to provide a quick but damning history of OHS in the U.S. from the Industrial Revolution to the 1970s.  Then in 1981, the incoming head of OSHA Thorne Auchter recalled … [Read more...] about Banned OSHA Videos

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Bureaucracy and Paperwork in OHS

March 24, 2014 by George Robotham 3 Comments

Bureaucracy and Paperwork in OHS   Introduction I believe bureaucracy and paperwork is strangling innovation and progress in OHS. Overly complex systems are being used and people give up because it is too much like hard work. Some examples One organisation I was associated with … [Read more...] about Bureaucracy and Paperwork in OHS

Filed Under: George Robotham Tagged With: ohs, paperwork, safe working procedures, safety compliance, Safety Procedures, Safety Systems

Updating your Safety System for Harmonisation

December 5, 2013 by Safety Nerd Leave a Comment

Another great article from our favourite Safety Nerd: What system to use to update your WHS system? Posted on December 5, 2011 by The Safety Nerd Recently I’ve been working with quite a lot of company’s updating their system documents in line with the impending WHS changes.  Some of the … [Read more...] about Updating your Safety System for Harmonisation

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

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 operational) OH&S system, that complies with the new Commonwealth OH&S Act. How would you go about … [Read more...] about How to Introduce a Harmonised Safety System

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

OHS Change Management

November 11, 2013 by George Robotham Leave a Comment

  OHS and Change management Implementing OHS management systems is essentially about change management. The OHS professional who learns about change management will have a better chance of being effective. Change has been around a long time. The only thing constant in business is … [Read more...] about OHS Change Management

Filed Under: Safety Management Plan Tagged With: Change Management, ohs, ohs professional, Safety Reflections

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