Safety News

Annual Kids Foundation Ride to Port: Brad Foster 1000 Km Challenge

Posted by Safety News | Oct 29, 2013 | Events |

Get involved in this important fundraising event. Ride to Port is a 1,000km/750km/500km cycle challenge for the KIDS Foundation in our annual ‘Ride to Port’ charity ride. Across 5 days cyclists will commence in Mansfield VIC and enjoy a picturesque ride through Albury to Canberra, experience a farm stay in Picton, whilst taking in the exquisite views of Shoal Bay and closing the ride at Port Macquarie NSW in the lead up to the 2013 Ironman event. Within each of these beautiful locations the 500km group of cyclists will participate in our KIDS GIANT Bike bus program at a...

ATSB report: Identifying risks in transport

Posted by Safety News | Oct 22, 2013 | Road & Transport |

Identifying risks in transport: Safety issues from ATSB occurrence investigations, July 2009 to June 2012 This report documents the ATSB identified safety issues and related safety actions and recommendations for the 2011–12 financial year and trends across 3 financial years. It will explore the risk levels assigned and provide an understanding of where the greatest risks to each transport sector appears to lie, based on investigation findings. The results will be useful for government decision makers, regulators and the aviation, rail and marine industries to understand if and where attention to risk needs to be applied. In all transport...

Australia’s leadership professionals met together

Posted by Safety News | Oct 15, 2013 | Events, Workplace |

Thought leadership, insight and innovation were what set the 2013 OHS Leaders’ Summit apart from the crowd, according to some of the biggest names in the industry. The presentations and discussion groups were ‘a fantastic opportunity’ to keep up with “the contemporary issues with health and safety and the future that our industry and profession needs to take” according to Yusef Khali of Chubb Fire & Security Australasia. Grace Singh, Suncorp’s Executive Manager for Safety valued the chance “to hear from other leaders and collaborate in terms of emerging issues and trends that we’re all considering in our organisations.” Presentations were...

First aid saves lives

Posted by Safety News | Oct 8, 2013 | First Aid |

WorkCover NSW is reminding businesses of the importance of proper first aid procedures in reducing workplace injuries. General Manager of WorkCover’s Work Health and Safety Division, John Watson said many businesses and workers took for granted the importance of proper amenities and first aid. “Every worker should go home safely at the end of the day and under NSW work health and safety laws businesses must provide adequate amenities and first aid,” Mr Watson said. “If a worker is injured, first aid can reduce the severity of the injury and, in extreme cases, a quick response can mean the...

WorkCover issues vehicle safety plea

Posted by Safety News | Oct 3, 2013 | Workcover |

WorkCover NSW is urging all businesses and workers to be safe when working with and around vehicles after the fourth worker since June 2012 was killed last week. The latest incident occurred on Tuesday, 19 February when a worker at a grain storage facility near Wee Waa was struck by a reversing front end loader while sweeping grain. General Manager of WorkCover’s Work Health and Safety Division, John Watson, said the incident was a tragic reminder of the inherent risks of working with or near mobile plant. “Work involving mobile plant is high risk and can be catastrophic if...