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Why Reviewing Your Risk Controls Matters: And How to Do it Right
Why Reviewing Your Risk Controls Matters: And How to Do it Right
This is the fourth in a four-part series on building a comprehensive workplace safety system. Your Safety Plan Isn’t a Set-and-Forget Document In the first three weeks of our series, you've done the hard work: You've identified hazards, assessed risks, and implemented controls. But the job isn't done. The final and most crucial step in the safety…
The Hierarchy of Controls: How to Apply it in the Workplace
The Hierarchy of Controls: How to Apply it in the Workplace
This is the third in a four-part series on building a comprehensive workplace safety system. Quick Answer: What the Hierarchy of Controls Does Answer first: The Hierarchy of Controls ranks five levels of risk control in a preferred order, from most to least effective. Duty holders apply the highest control measures that are reasonably practicable, th…
Firefighter sustains burns battling fire in the South Burnett region
A firefighter sustained burns while responding to a large fire near Wondai, in the South Burnett region, on Friday afternoon. A spokesperson for QAS stated that the firie was taken to Kingaroy Hospital in stable condition with hand burns. What we know so far Location: Rural land at Wondai, South Burnett. Time of call: Just before midday on Friday. I…
Safety champion celebrated at South Australian WHS forum
An intensive care nurse from the Royal Adelaide Hospital is South Australia's newest safety champion. Senior clinical nurse Fiona Noble has won the inaugural SafeWork SA HSR of the Year, an honour created to spotlight people who keep risk visible on the front line. Award snapshot Recipient: Fiona Noble, an intensive care unit representative at SA's b…
National Work Safe Month: NHVR highlights necessity of avoiding driving under fatigue, following concerning figures of offences recorded
Short answer: The National Heavy Vehicle Regulator (NHVR) is urging heavy vehicle operators to give precedence to their work and rest obligations during this National Work Safe Month, in light of 5,257 fatigue-related violations recorded nationwide in the previous financial year. Key takeaways Regulators recorded 5,257 fatigue offences across Austral…
Vic physiotherapist charged with fraud allegations
Vic physiotherapist charged with fraud allegations over $650,000 in billing WorkSafe Victoria has charged a physiotherapist following an investigation into claims of fraudulent billing for services said to have been rendered to injured employees. Four counts were laid under section 82(1) of the Crimes Act, covering the offence of obtaining a financial…
Comcare urges all workplaces to participate in National Safe Work Month
Comcare urges all workplaces to participate in National Safe Work Month, calling on employers and crews to use free resources, join virtual events and treat safety as a daily practice throughout October and well beyond it. What Comcare is asking of Australian workplaces Direct answer: Comcare wants every workplace across Australia to take part in Nat…
Boy flown to hospital following ATV incident in south-west Queensland
A boy was airlifted to hospital in a critical condition after an ATV crash on a rural property in south-west Queensland on Sunday afternoon. Rescue aviators landed beside the scene, stabilised the child and flew him to Queensland Children's Hospital. Quick facts What: ATV incident on private land Where: Western Downs region, south-west Queensland Whe…