A Tragedy Highlights the PCBU’s Responsibility to Manage WHS Risks
A tragic incident in the northern suburbs last Friday has highlighted a PCBU’s WHS responsibility for managing work health and safety...
DYS Issue 58 - January 2018
$150,000 Fine for not Training a Worker This prosecution is an example of what may happen when a PCBU does not ensure that all workers...
How to Identify Hazardous Manual Tasks
This article was first published in 2015 Manual handling is the cause of 29% of workplace injuries making it the most common cause of...
What it takes to be a Dogged Safety Champion
We recently came across the true story of a courageous Safety Champion who refused to be diverted from his commitment to carrying out his...
DYS Issue 57
Reduce Serious Musculoskeletal Injuries and Illness by 30% SafeWork NSW intends to achieve a 30% decrease in the number of...
Why the Judge Convicted the Officer
In a Sydney District Court judgement on the 2nd of November 2017 an Officer was convicted of failing to comply with his duty to exercise...
Industrial Manslaughter - a New WHS Offence
Under the harmonised WHS system, all States and Territories (except Victoria and West Australia) have a Work Health & Safety Act based on...
Why SafeWork NSW Prosecuted the Worker
A Worker was convicted in early October by the NSW District Court for not complying with his WHS duty under section 28 of the WHS Act....
Achieving WHS Targets
Management by Walking Around (MWBA) has been in use for about 44 years. You probably have some knowledge or familiarity with this...