Hazardous Manual Tasks and Working From Home
Weekly WHS Article 27th July 2023 Do your workers ever have these injuries? “Sprains and strains of muscles,...
Differences between Model WHS laws and VIC OHS laws
With the exception of the state of Victoria, all other states and territories are on the Model WHS Laws which were enacted ...
Working From Home
Weekly WHS Article 23rd August 2022 The last three years have seen major changes in how businesses conduct their operations in Australia....
Every Body Can Suffer from Manual Task Injuries
Weekly WHS Article 22nd June 2022 Manual tasks may contain risks that: cause “sudden damage” to a person’s musculoskeletal system, or...
Minimising WHS Risks –What Does Reasonably Practicable Mean?
Weekly WHS Article 18th January 2022 The most important actions in managing WHS risks in your workplace involves eliminating risks so far...
What is a Reasonably Foreseeable Hazard?
As you know, a PCBU has a duty under Section 19 of the WHS Act to ensure, so far as "reasonably practicable", the health and safety of...
PCBU and Worker both prosecuted
In Stephen James Orr v Cudal Lime Products Pty Ltd; Stephen James Orr v Simon Shannon [2018] NSWDC 27 a woman was fatally electrocuted...
Management by walking around (MWBA)
Management by Walking Around (MWBA) has been in use for about 44 years. You probably have some knowledge or familiarity with this informal s
Considering Certification to ISO 45001?
Much of the success of an organization is reliant on the ongoing contributions of its staff. ...
Solar UV Radiation Risk Management
Australia can endure some very hot temperatures. Records for Australia going back to the 1800s reveal that there were some months ...