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Safety Action

Locality: Clayton North, Victoria

Phone: +61 3 8544 4300

Address: Suite 14, Building 3, 195 Wellington Rd 3168 Clayton, VIC, Australia

Website: http://www.safetyaction.com.au

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25.01.2022 Latest news: WorkSafe Victoria are Conducting Mobile Crane Inspections in August https://tinyurl.com/y4akyuf9

22.01.2022 Do you know the difference between a Job Safety Analysis (JSA) and a Safe Work Method Statement (SWMS)? This is a question we get asked a lot! Click here to learn the key differences: https://bit.ly/2ZDe2eK... (Photo by Claudio Hirschberger on Unsplash)

21.01.2022 Another person has been sentenced to jail. This is the third prison sentence for safety offences in the last year. In the latest case, a Queensland quarry manager has been sentenced to 18 months in prison after a worker was caught in a conveyor and crushed to death in 2012. Read more about it here https://bit.ly/2JmIjY9... We will keep you informed of progress with these cases and the emerging trend of courts increasingly using custodial sentences for reckless managers who do not exercise a proper duty of care for their workers.

19.01.2022 Safety rules are just part of the purpose of completing health and safety training. If your training doesn’t provide motivation to follow safety rules and isn't task and equipment specific, it might be time for a review . Learn how to deliver the best health and safety training in our latest blog post https://bit.ly/30dsqe0

12.01.2022 Gary Rowe discussing Strategic Planning at the Safety Action Christmas Breakfast

12.01.2022 What exactly is a Chemical Safety Data Sheet? In this week's blog, Andrea gives you an in-depth view of Chemical Safety Data Sheets. Click here to read the full post: https://bit.ly/2Py9K7C... Andrea covers.... How Chemical Safety Data Sheets (SDS) help you Why you need them What gets classified as a hazardous chemical Where you get them Paper vs electronic versions What to do if you buy a chemical from a retailer If you can download one from a database What to do if one of your workers gets exposed to a hazardous chemical. Get helpful articles like this one emailed to you for free each month! You can sign-up for the newsletter on our website.

11.01.2022 Many people complete what they think is a Risk Assessment, however what they're really doing is a ‘hazard hunt’. Your Risk Assessment must answer this very important question... IS THIS RISK ACCEPTABLE (in these circumstances)? ... If you don’t include this question, and honestly answer it, you're making the most common risk assessment mistake. Click here to learn more: https://bit.ly/2YHOOOR We'll show you our Universal Risk Assessment Template which you can use for pretty much any risk assessment you’ll ever need to do! Gary Rowe (CEO)

09.01.2022 A worker who sufferred whiplash injuries when a defective gas detector left in the office suddenly activated has been awarded nearly $2m in damages. The court found the company was vicariously liable for the negligence of the operations staff who left the faulty alarm in the office unattended, where workers not used to unfamiliar alarms or loud noises might be expected to react abruptly. The logic of the judge was that the gas detector was designed to go off suddenly if a l...ife-threatening situation arose where the risk of injury from a startled reaction was justified. The court said safer alternatives were readily available to the operations staff including de-commissioning the gas detector by removing the batteries or storing it somewhere else.

07.01.2022 Safety managers. Are you ready for automation? A few years ago we were amazed to see automated vehicles moving slowly around warehouses and factories picking up and delivery material. Now entire warehouses and factories are being run by automated process equipment and robots.... Many businesses are introducing collaborative robots (cobots) which work in close proximity with staff. Supermarket giant Coles has announced they plan to invest $950m to build two automated distribution centres. This follows a similar move by rival Woolworths to build the largest technologically advanced distribution centre in Dandenong, east of Melbourne. Get used to seeing cobots and automated guided vehicles (AGVs) and combinations of these operating near you in the near future. All safety specialists and operation managers need to understand this new technology. The company stated, this will provide a safer working environment. This is presumably largely due to the fact that no one will be in the warehouse, only robots and AGVs. Jupitorimages Images via Canva.com

05.01.2022 Safety Action has completed our latest Best Practice Safety Review. This year we have organisations from a wide range of industry types representing approximately 50,000 employees in the survey! The average size of organisations participating was about 1,700 employees, but ranged from as low as 8 employees, to in excess of 20,000 employees.... Come along to the Benchmarking Safety Performance Report Breakfast briefing where the team at Safety Action will present the report findings to you and your team. Click here to register for free: https://bit.ly/2UiuXRE Here's what you'll get out of the breakfast. You'll... SEE HOW YOU STACK UP See if your business performed above, below or about average in each reporting area. SEE THE BIG PICTURE See the lead and lag trends. INVEST WISELY Know which activities you should invest in. We list the six key activities that correlated to increased safety performance (and the activities that reduced performance when they were missing). IDENTIFY YOUR KEY AREAS OF EXPOSURE See a summary of the top health and safety prosecutions in your state (and Australia wide). STAY AHEAD OF THE CURVE Find out the which categories of prosecutions have been introduced. When: October 23rd at 7:30am Where: UniPark Conference Room, Clayton VIC 3168 (Cnr Wellington & Nantilla Road, Enter off Nantilla Road) Look forward to seeing you there! Click here to register for free: https://bit.ly/2UiuXRE

04.01.2022 The Victorian Institute of Occupational Safety & Health (VIOSH) have a great program on at the #VIOSH Research Symposium in Ballarat on Friday 26th July. All are welcome :) See flyer for details! https://bit.ly/2XNQTIA

04.01.2022 Safety Action's Stephen Weber recently shared his insights into supporting at-risk worker groups at the 2019 Safetyscape convention. The big takeaway from this conversation is that it is not only possible, but arguably very important to identify, understand, and support workers who are at greater risk because of their unique characteristics, such as age or experience. Click the link to hear Stephen on the Safety On Tap podcast ... https://bit.ly/2VlDORw