1300 OHS RTWWith the party season just around the corner, it may be time to refresh your Drug and Alcohol Policy or familiarise your staff with its contents. Whenever employees consume alcohol at a work-related...
Sound and noise are interchangable terms, sound being what we hear as a result of vibrations travelling though the air and noise is commonly defined as unwanted sound.
When workers or other people...
Lost Time Injury Frequency Rate (LTIFR) measures the “loss of shift work wherein any job site injury results in the associated employee missing out on one shift.” It is believed to indicate...
Employers have a duty to intervene if it is found that an employee’s obesity is putting his or her health and safety at risk. However, you cannot go about doing this without understanding all of...
Fire is a major risk for any business. The destruction it can cause and the loss of life is immeasurable. Fire is more complex than people realise because not all fires are alike. Fires are...
How to minimise the effects of fatigue
It’s not just a question of being “a little bit tired”, especially when you’re behind the wheel of a car or operating heavy machinery. The effects of fatigue...
We need FIFO (Fly-In, Fly-Out) workers for the continued strength of Australia’s economy. Without them, industries such as remote mining and construction simply couldn’t function and we would all...
The WorkSafe Incentive Scheme for Employers (WISE) provides a financial incentive of up to $26,000 to a new employer who offers ongoing employment of at least 15 hours a week to an injured worker...
While most injuries happen on the job, sometimes employees can sustain injuries on their journeys to or from the workplace.
A common question that we get asked is: ‘can an employee claim...
