Tag: OHS

Nominations for the annual WorkCover NSW SafeWork Awards are now open, with entry open to any registered business, organisation, individual or not for profit organisation in NSW.

While many would consider the art of planking as a bit of harmless fun, its competitive nature means the more daring the location, the better. It’s the daring side of it that has the potential to create big health and safety issues at work.

New laws under the forthcoming national Work Health and Safety Act will be a wake-up call for employers who believe their occupational health and safety policy will sufficiently cover workplace incidents.

The number of people experiencing a work-related injury or illness has declined by almost 20 percent in 2009-10, according to figures released today by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS).

Safety is the number one occupational health, safety (OHS) and risk issue facing Australian organisations as they head into 2011 according to a survey of OHS professionals attending The Sydney Safety Show last month.

A Melbourne man who will need to have his foot amputated following a workplace accident was awarded $1.26 million in compensation for his pain and suffering and loss of employment in the Supreme Court of Victoria last week.

For Occupational Health and Safety Managers, 2010 promises to be a tough year, with legislative changes and new technologies creating a demanding environment for Risk Managers.

Hundreds of workers may have been exposed to deadly asbestos fibres at a Kwinana power station, Labor Leader Eric Ripper said today.

Do you know your Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) obligations about workplace safety training? Any idea what ignorance of OHS training obligations could cost you? And what it might cost employees, perhaps serious injury or even their lives? Here are the crucial OHS clauses. Employees have a legal right to be sufficiently trained to undertake […]

Being up-to-date with occupational, health and safety (OHS) obligations is a must for all business owners, company directors, managers and supervisors. As the Federal Government begins a review of Australia’s OHS legislation, we tell you everything you need to know about OHS and keeping staff safe. Under OHS legislation you are obliged to provide: • Safe premises • Safe […]