The guidance below has been provided by WorkSafe Victoria to assist in determining competency of managers to manage health and safety. See how your managers stack up against the dot points below. If the employer appoints its own representative for the purpose of issue resolution, the employ...

The recent reports on the 'epidemic' of crystalline silica diseases likening it to asbestos with the implied message that silicosis and other associated diseases will sweep through the population causing an asbestos like quantum of deaths is disingenuous. Rather than creating this ...

An interesting article has been released by austroads.com.au that highlights work has commenced on assessing the risks of carrying dangerous goods through tunnels. With the increase of population, congestion on our roads and continued time pressure demands on logistic company's some states...

Below is a direct extract from the Safe Work Australia's (SWA) Preparation of safety data sheets for hazardous chemicals - Code of Practice. The red highlighted sections are what many SDS authoring companies are completely ignoring. Some SDS authors that I have consulted referred to the wo...

What does it mean to you?    Safe Work Australia has conducted an independent review of the Model Work Health and Safety (WHS) Laws and have made 34 recommendations that may impact organisations and/or individuals in the future. The review was undertaken to support the Austra...