All Entries in the "Practical Tips" Category
Ways to a more Safety Conscious Office
If you were asked about office safety, there is no doubt you would be able to list off a string of safety precautions that are in your company manual. While those look great in writing …
Employers Tips for Keeping Workers Safe
When you run a company, you have to do more than think about how your business is going to make money. You must take an active role in keeping your employees safe at work, as you could be …
You and a Safer Workplace
While many think the responsibility of a safe workplace relies solely on the business owner, there is plenty you as an employee can do to make sure you are in a safe work environment. While you may like to think ‘it’s not my problem, it’s the company’s’, if you are the one injured, it could [...]
Ideas about Occupational Safety and Health
C Fegan, a retired Trades Educator shares some valuable ideas about OH & S Occupational Safety and Health instruction should be included as part of the *Induction Process for new employees on the first day of their employment. New employees need to be familiarised with the layout of their new place of work.
OHS Facts on Toilet Amenities
Occupational Health and Safety is such a wide ranging subject that we are never surprised at the questions we receive here at Safety Concepts. Lately we have been getting lots of OHS questions about staff amenities and the rights or wrongs of this very sensitive subject. So here is the essential list of things you need to know about toilets [...]
What Your Business Needs to Know About OHS
Whether your business is big or small you have an obligation as an owner or employer to make sure your working environment is safe. There are no excuses or exceptions: so listen up. As an employer you have a legal responsibility to protect the health and safety of employees, volunteers and outworkers. You are also responsible [...]
More about Safety Culture
There is a proven way to create a better safety culture at your workplace. Just develop in all employees a greater awareness of personal safety than you might find elsewhere. Sounds too simple! Yet changing your present culture at work to one that embraces safety can be much easier than you think - if you follow the advice of the experts.
Ergonomics Top Ten
Ergonomics is the science and practice of designing jobs or workplaces to match the capabilities and limitations of the human body. Here are the Safety Concepts top ten ergonomics tips:
Workplace Safety Tips
Workplace Safety in Australia is now one of the top ten issues at boardroom level. So it should be very important at your place of work too. Use this checklist of 8 great ideas from Safety Concepts to help you when creating or improving your own safety culture:
4 Essential Risk Management Steps
Every workplace has a certain amount of risk. Whether your workplace be a factory or an office, there is still a level of risk of injury to people. The process of managing that risk can be distilled down to a systematic process for addressing hazards in the workplace. The four essential steps to managing risk [...]
