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20.01.2022 The Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labelling of Chemicals (GHS) is effective fron 1/7/17. The GHS was introduced in Australia in January 2012, with a 5-year transition period, in order to give chemical manufacturers and importers enough time to implement all the necessary changes. Do you know the changes and are you ready?

20.01.2022 FREE HEALTH CHECK! IPAC are offering free health checks to assist businesses in the Sydney area with identifying deficiencies in safety systems. If you are unsure if you are compliant, or know you may need help, let us come out and guide you. We offer expert guidance and assistance with ensuring compliance with Work Health and Safety Legislation. Meeting your duty of care obligations is important. Meeting that obligation with external assistance and allowing you to concentrate on your own core business makes good business sense.

17.01.2022 Check out our new FREE Health Check page and see how you scrub up! http://infoplusaction.com/index.php/safety-health-checks

14.01.2022 HAVE YOU OR YOUR STAFF ENCOUNTERED HAZARDS IN THE WORKPLACE? IS YOUR ORGANISATION IN NEED OF A SYSTEM TO CONTROL AND ELIMINATE HAZARDS? ARE YOU LOSING PRODUCTION TIME DUE TO INJURIES AND DO NOT KNOW HOW WHAT TO DO? Under current Work Health and Safety Legislation, if you are an employer or business, you have a primary duty of care to ensure your workers and others are not exposed to a risk to their health and safety. This duty of care exists when you direct or influence work ...carried out by a worker (including through subcontracting) or have management or control of a workplace. You must meet your obligations under work health and safety (WHS) laws by: Ensuring safe systems of work Maintaining the premises in a safe condition Having safe plant, structures and substances Employers must provide adequate: Facilities for the welfare of workers Information, training, instruction and supervision and have systems for ensuring compliance with requirements under the Work Health and Safety Regulation Hazard and injury reporting mechanisms Emergency response procedures Does your organisation meet this Duty of Care? Would you like more information?

12.01.2022 SafeWork NSW (formerly WorkCover NSW) are conducting a Safety Blitz in the Construction Industry following findings that workplace reports of falls from heights have tripled in the last 5 years. Changes to WHS Laws empowers Inspectors to issue on-the-spot fines of up to $720 to individuals and $3,600 to businesses failing to protect their Workers and follow Safety Procedures. Inspectors will check: Controls are in place to manage the risks of falls from heights; Complianc...e with Work Health Safety Legislation, Regulations and Codes of Practice including having appropriate Safety Systems and Documentation in place; Scaffolding and edge-protection are correctly installed and maintained; Voids are securely covered; Controls are in place on fragile and brittle roofs, and skylights; Ladders use and Risk Assessments are being completed. Risk assessments are your best tool for identiying hazards on site and correcting issues identified. These shoud be done on every site, every day. All safety documentation must be able to be presenetd to an inspector on request. If unsure of how to deal with these requirements, contact IPAC for advice! See more

11.01.2022 Commencing in 2018, the Heavy Vehicle National Law (HVNL) is changing to reflect a pro-active risk-based approach to supply chain of responsibility (COR), rather than the current reactionary and penalty-based approach. All parties in the supply chain will have a primary duty to eliminate and minimise public risks by doing everything reasonable to ensure their transport-related activities are safe. Penalties can still be substantial for misunderstanding your COR duty of care and not doing all that is reasonable practicable to assess risk and comply with HVNL. If you are unsure of your responsibilities and how to implement them, our COR specialist will be able to provide you with an obligation-free on-site assessment of your compliance and assist you to move forward. Ask IPAC for a free COR health check today!

10.01.2022 Last Friday was World Day for Safety and Health at Work and Workers’ Memorial Day. It was a day when Safe Work honour those who have died from a work-related injury or illness, and think about how our actions can prevent future work-related deaths, injuries and illnesses. Some sobering thoughts:... In 2015, 195 workers died 187 of those were male 1/4 of the fatalaties involved vehicle collisions 16.7 workers in every hundred thousand did in 2015 Almost 50% of all fatlaties were in the transport postal and warehousing industries, followed by agriculture forestry and fishing industries. Construction at third, was almost double the fatalities of the manufacturing industry, and triple those recorded in mining. It is important to remember at these times that while we have seen a substantial reduction in recorded fatalities, 195 workers did not get to go home to their family and friends. The majority of fatalities are preventable. Safety focus must be aimed at ensuring parents, partners, chilren, siblings, and friends are not deprived of their loved ones prematurely. The effects of serious injury and death are felt long after the incident itself. Are you happy that you have the preventative measures in place to ensure your workers go home in one piece?

10.01.2022 A mine worker in NSW was lucky to escape with this life recently when his vehicle left the road and collided with the mine entry gate. Following this incident, the regulator made recommendations that can be applied to any work site that deals with motor vehicle traffic light or heavy. erect signs specifying speed and road conditions; monitor, inspect and audit entry roads to ensure safe conditions; identify hazards and evaluate collision risks that fixed roadside ob...jects, such as signs, poles, culverts, fences and entry gates, may pose if a vehicle makes contact with the object; consider site rules for trucks and private vehicles entering and leaving your site; identify and implement control measures using the ‘hierarchy of controls’; and consider modern roadside safety barriers and crash cushion systems to manage roadside hazards and to lessen the severity of a collision. Do you have frequent vehicle access on site? Do you have heavy vehicles, including trucks and forklifts? Talk to IPAC today about traffic management planning.

08.01.2022 Advised by Safe Work in their June bulletin: Following an amendment to the WHS Regulation in December 2017, the NSW Government implemented a register of high risk work, asbestos and demolition licence holders, and general construction induction training card holders. The register does not include holders of explosives and firework licences. The register has been designed to make managing a business easier by allowing businesses and consumers to check the validity of workers’ ...licences/cards and make informed decisions regarding contractors they engage. Able to be checked online: Asbestos licences White cards (CIC) High risk work licences Demolition licences Link: https://www.licencecheck.nsw.gov.au/

07.01.2022 Fact or Fiction Quiz - test your knowledge! 1. Workers can lift anything on the job as long as it’s less than 20 kilos. Verdict: Fiction Reason: Under the model Work Health and Safety Regulations there is no prescribed maximum weight limit for lifting. A prescribed limit is not set because different individuals have different physical capabilities. ... 2. Safety data sheets (SDS) and material safety data sheets (MSDS) are the same documents with different names. Verdict: Fiction Reason: SDS and MSDS contain equivalent safety information. However they are different documents with different legal requirements. 3. The main injury or illness employees make workers’ compensation claims for is mental disorders. Verdict: Fiction Reason: Most claims for workers’ compensation are for sprains, strains and musculoskeletal disorders. 4. Two-thirds of work related fatalities involve a vehicle. Verdict: Fact Reason: Over the 11-year period between 2003 and 2015, 65 percent of work-related injury fatalities involved a vehicle. 5. Back strains from manual handling are the most common type of workplace injury/disease. Verdict: Fact Reason: Just over one in six serious claims are for back disorders resulting from manual handling. 6. The Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labelling of Chemicals (GHS) will be mandatory soon. Verdict: Fact Reason: In those jurisdictions who have adopted the model Work Health and Safety (WHS) Regulations the GHS will be mandatory from 1 January 2017. 7. Wearing personal protective equipment (PPE) is the best way to control risks in the workplace. Verdict: Fiction Reason: PPE is important in controlling risk, but you should not rely just on PPE if there are more effective ways to control the specific risks in your workplace. Information extracted from Safe Work national safety month 2016 Fact or Fiction Quiz.

07.01.2022 Two companies have now been charged with category 1 offences under the WHS Act. Category 1 penalties apply for reckless conduct that exposes an individual to a risk of death or serious injury or illness and is engaged in without reasonable excuse If found guilty of the alleged offences, the directors can be fined up to $600,000 each and face maximum jail terms of five years. The companies can be fined a maximum of $3 million. Do you have a system that will not only protect your workers, but also stand up to the scrutiny of the legal system? If you are not sure, contact IPAC for advice today!

02.01.2022 Good article here: https://www.safeworkaustralia.gov.au/work-related-psycholog about workpace psychologial health and safety we need to remember that PCBUs and officers of a PCBU have a duty to exercise due diligence to ensure they meet their WHS obligations. Due diligence includes taking reasonable steps to acquire and update knowledge of work-related psychological health and safety matters and to ensure there are appropriate resources and processes to eliminate or manage risks, and these are used to effectively manage risks to psychological health.

01.01.2022 If you are a business or employer you must make sure that electrical equipment is regularly inspected and tested by a competent person. A competent person is someone who has acquired - through training, qualification or experience - the knowledge and skills to carry out inspections and testing of electrical equipment. IPAC have the competent personnel to advise testing frequency, perform your test and tagging, and schedule your next visit so you don't have to worry. The added bonus with using IPAC personnel over other companies is that we have a full range of knowledge and skills relating to safety in the workplace and can identify and advise on all your WHS needs. Contact us today for a quote!