Tag: Workplace Safety

Risks and hazards exist in all workplaces, and managing them is vital to address the health and safety requirements of your business.

It’s important to engage all of your employees in workplace safety so everyone knows what their responsibilities are and what to do in an emergency. If you’re looking for a simple way to involve your staff in this important area, read on.

Accidents happen. If one of your employees gets injured, it can have a big impact on your business. Following some simple rules can make all the difference when you have a workers compensation claim.

When it comes to health and safety rules in the workplace, it’s better to be proactive rather than reactive to avoid problems. Here are three important areas to consider to ensure the minimisation of injuries due to rule breaches.

When you spend 40 hours a week (or more) doing work in a repetitive manner it can become problematic to health, especially the work involves a computer. Here are some basic steps that act as preventative measures against office-induced injuries.

Good documentation of workplace safety data helps leaders keep their fingers on the pulse of organisational safety by recording and reporting claims and premium data, which can have a positive flow-on effect on the premiums they have to pay.

WorkSafe have found that safety in many SMBs isn’t delegated to a responsible party, and is instead juggled on an ad hoc basis. This lack of planning has far-reaching impacts on a business’ ability to cut costs, especially WorkCover premiums. Here’s how to integrate workplace safety into your other business functions.

In a bid to lessen the complexities around business owner’s roles and responsibilities to OHS, WorkSafe has developed the ‘Seven Pillars of Safety’. The first pillar sets out clear top down responsibility, delegation and KPI’s for OHS and Return To Work (RTW). How well does your business measure up?

Australian Pressure Testing Services began as a one-man consultancy in 2002 after Paul Newbound identified a gap in the resources sector. Fast-forward a decade later, and his business has become the largest pressure testing company in Australia. Here’s how it became 2011 Telstra Australian Business of the Year.

All SMBs should integrate workplace safety into business management systems, practice prevention rather than reaction and show commitment from owners to the process. Use the seven pillars of safety as a guideline to making this happen in your business.