Pre-Employment Functional Assessments
Pre-employment Functional Assessments offer a cost-effective way to evaluate if candidates can safely perform job tasks based on their physical and medical capacity.
Forklift Safety
Forklift safety can be enhanced through collaboration between workers and businesses. Forklifts are widely used in workplaces across Australia, but they are also responsible for numerous deaths and injuries each year, leading to significant financial and human costs. In February 2024, a Victorian company was fined $1.3M for Industrial Manslaughter resulting from a forklift-related death and so we wanted to highlight the importance of forklift safety.
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SafeWork Target Livestock Safety & Rural Transport
In the past 10 years, incidents relating to livestock and bulk rural transport have cost over $24 million in workers compensation claims with 217,000 hours of lost time injuries. Many of these incidents/injuries have occurred when the vehicle is not being driven. SafeWork targets livestock safety & rural transport.
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Protect Workers from UV Radiation
Australia’s high skin cancer rate means businesses must shield outdoor workers from UV with shade, systems, and PPE.
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Beat The Heat
Working in heat is a hazard that can cause severe health problems for many workers. Regardless of work setting, preparing for these risks is vital with summer approaching and rising temperatures.
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Take time to talk SafeTea
October is National Safe Work month so why not jump on board and host a ‘SafeTea’ chat this October. Each year Safe Work Australia runs a national campaign to promote & raise awareness around WHS in the workplace, this year they are calling it the ‘SafeTea’ chat.
SafeTea is about encouraging workplaces to arrange a time for this month to have a chat with their staff around the importance of WHS to make a safe and healthy workplace while enjoying a cuppa.
So, this October we encourage you to gather your team and host a SafeTea chat to discuss the importance of health & safety at work and aim to reduce the number of work-related injuries, illnesses and fatalities. No job should be unsafe and no injury or illness related to work is acceptable, providing a safe & healthy workspace benefits everyone.
Take time to talk SafeTea, start safety conversations that build awareness, reduce risks, and support workplace wellbeing. Learn more about the Return to Work Strategy. Contact us
Source: Safe Work Australia
Title: Host a SafeTea chat this National Safe Work Month
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