South Australian Parliament voted to adjourn debate on the Work Health and Safety (WHS) Bill until 14 February 2012. Accordingly the new WHS legislation will not begin in SA on 1 January 2012 as previously planned. SA Government has every confidence that the nationally harmonised legislation will be approved by Parliament when it resumes in [...]
National harmonisation The Victorian Government has confirmed its support to the principle of harmonisation subject to a satisfactory assessment of the impact and benefits to Victoria. The Government has initiated a supplementary Victorian specific assessment looking at the impact of the proposed laws on Victoria. It has stated that this will take several months, and [...]
Transitional arrangements have been put in place in NSW to support businesses, industry and workers move to a new system of work health and safety (WHS) laws. These arrangements start on 1 January 2012. The transitional arrangements have been based on national transitional principles agreed to by all jurisdictions. In summary, these transitional arrangements provide [...]
Workplace Health and Safety Queensland is investigating a fatal incident that occurred on Monday 31 October 2011 at a construction site within the University of Queensland, St Lucia Campus, Brisbane. A worker was killed while a formwork shutter was being raised to about one metre above the ground by crane. Lengths of timber were being [...]
Safe Work Australia has reviewed over 1300 submissions made as part of the public comment period for the draft model Work Health and Safety Regulations and 12 draft model codes of practice. Issues raised in these submissions were considered by jurisdictions and employer and union representatives. Plans for the final package of model Work Health [...]
Today, for an organisation to survive and prosper, it must be able to control four things. Production, quality, costs and accidents, and not one to the exclusion of another. Safety awareness is the starting point to accident prevention. Included in this program: * What is an Accident? * Why do [...]
They can help you save serious expenses through recommendations or implementation of new ideas. The question of whom to hire and when should be on the minds of CEOs, operations managers, human resources, project managers, and others regarding safety and training issues. This question is not always easily answered, even if your company has the [...]
Greater protection against injury from falls is prescribed by the new Act. Under the new model OHS legislation due for introduction on January 2012 a prescribed hazard control must be complied with. The new fall prevention code of practice that was recently released pending the start of the 2012 regime speak directly to controls that [...]
An Environmental Policy is a formal way for your organisation to express commitment to environmental management and improvement …
One of our readers asked for more information on the ‘consultative process’ with staff when developing OHS Policies and Procedures …
