Understanding the role that attitudes and beliefs play in driving safe workplace behavior is critical to OHS professionals being able to “sell” safety within a business, according to Dave Whitefield, director of Baseline Training & Consulting.
Musculoskeletal injuries cost Victoria nearly a billion dollars a year
Treating workers for injuries which cost little or nothing to prevent, have cost Victoria $956 million in the last year, according to WorkSafe Victoria.
Transport company fined over fatal bus door injury
A transport company in the Northern Territory was recently fined following an incident in which one of its employees died after his head and neck became trapped in a bus door.
Four psychologists have been referred to the Australian Health Practitioners Registration Agency (AHPRA), following concerns they were over-servicing or not providing effective services for WorkSafe Victoria clients suffering from a range of potential conditions such as stress or other psychological problems.
NSW WorkCover recently issued a safety alert about hoist gate failures, following a number of recent incidents in which clamps that secure the landing bar of hoist-landing platforms have slipped, allowing the gates to fall free.
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