The management of contractors in todays safety environment is some what challenging to many organisations, having regard to legal responsibility for their risks with minimal control over their actions and responses. The applicable health and safety legislation does outline the employer'...

Time flies and October will soon be upon us. October is traditionally National Safe Work Month, a specific time to commit to building safe and healthy workplaces for all Australians. The theme for 2018 is 'a moment is all it takes'. This initiative is run by Safe Work Australia which w...

The new Hazardous Substances compliance code issued by WorkSafe is a very useful document for employers and employees to understand how to comply with the Part 4.1 of the OHS Regulations 2017, and to meet the expectations of the regulator. However, there are two things that I still struggl...

Following on from my previous Safe Work Method Statement (SWMS) Blog in July. The next logical process would be for an organisation to develop a safe work instruction for routine work activities. Generally, these documents have different names, such as safe work instructions (SWI), safe or...

The recently released WorkSafe Victoria Compliance code for Hazardous manual handling is an important jigsaw piece in the risk management of work that may cause Musculoskeletal Disorders (MSD). It provides practical guidance on how to comply with the specific obligations under Victoria's o...