HAZCON will be at the Total Facilities Expo at the Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre from 6-7th April. Come and see us at Stand A37; we look forward to speaking with you.
Facility Managers can Struggle to Manage HSE in Many Buildings
Facility managers often have a dif...
A number of WorkSafe prosecutions involving industrial accidents has highlighted the level of responsibility placed on managers and supervisors. In one of the cases, the Supervisor was aware of the inadequate guarding of the plant and the poor work practices used on the site. The acciden...
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on 28 February 2016
Many of us are now regularly working with contractors in our workplace. The changing nature of work activities mean that the use of contractors, including labour hire is on the increase.
Use of contractors in itself does not result in poor health and safety standards, but failure to manage contr...
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on 11 February 2016
On Thursday 11th February 2016 The Andrews Labor Government issued a media release that was headed - Improving workplace safety for Victorians.
The media release states that
"The Andrews Labor Government is delivering on its election commitment to ensure high safety standards are ...
Statistics indicate that electrocution, being struck by plant or caught in plant is a fairly common risk category and most organisations have well established processes to manage this potentially high risk activity. The common approach for small to medium size enterprises is to have a procedur...