OHS Professional E-News

Issue 74, 17 May 2011

SIA launches new member benefit

All Safety Institute of Australia (SIA) members can now exclusively access via the Members area of the SIA website, the EBSCOhost electronic research database – the world’s leading premium research database service.

Sue Pilkington

Linking safety with shareholder value

Investors are increasingly looking at OHS performance as an indicator of management quality, according to a leading Australian fund manager.

Sue Pilkington

VIC: four regional workplace deaths in less than a month

WorkSafe Victoria has renewed calls for regional Victorians and workers to pay more attention to workplace safety after four deaths since the start of a major safety awareness campaign around a month ago.

Sue Pilkington

Audit finds workplace bullying problems

Comcare recently conducted a compliance audit of select organisations, which found a widespread lack of knowledge that bullying incidents were reportable safety incidents, what constituted bullying and what workers can do when confronted by bullying.

Sue Pilkington

Blast freezer safety alert

WorkCover NSW recently issued a safety alert following an incident in which a worker suffered fatal injuries when a plenum made from expanded polystyrene (EPS) panels collapsed while he was working in a blast freezer.

Sue Pilkington

22 May

VIC Branch: Women's OHS Professionals Networking Breakfast

27 May - 31 May

AIOH Basic Principles of Occupational Hygiene Course

31 May - 2 Jun

Building Safety - Bridging the Gap

13 Jun

Brisbane Regional Meeting

18 Jun - 19 Jun

SIA LTD - Brisbane Conference





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