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24.01.2022 I recently wrote about a study in America regarding the effects on workers from the use of vibrating tools, and a recent tribunal finding in Australia continues to shine a light on this risk for organisations. A tribunal has found a worker's carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) was caused by her employment, after rejecting two experts' "restrictive" views on which workplace forces can cause the #CarpalTunnelSyndrome #CTS #Repetitivetasks #riskmanagement #vibration #WorkersCompensation

21.01.2022 Workers are often presented with conditions that encourage unsafe habits, that willpower alone can't overcome. But employers can modify the environment, making good habits easier and tasks more practical. From my experience, many workplace injuries arise not from one-off events, but from unsafe actions that workers carry out repeatedly. #Coaching #Effective #Habit #Safe #WHS #Workforce

21.01.2022 Stepping stones to building the right system As we approach the end of 2020, it is important to ensure your business has a compliant safety system embedded and that your team members are aware of the requirements. In order to effectively meet your safety obligations, it is useful to implement systems that will help ensure compliance. #ChainofResponsibility #Compliance #CoR #driver #Legislation #riskmanagement #safetysystem

18.01.2022 A business in Western Australia (WA) has been fined after a workplace incident in which a backpacker fell from height to their death. The fatality resulted from the person falling 13 stories through a covered shaft opening. The investigation found that a floor opening was not covered in line with WA legislation which requires wire mesh be used to prevent people or objects falling through an #Death #fall #fatal #fine #height #Legislation #OHS #PCBU #risk

17.01.2022 'You cannot over-communicate when you are asking your organisation to change.' (Heathfield, 2019). In any context of change, it is difficult to overstate the importance of communication. One of the most effective methods of engaging people is to include them in the change process.

12.01.2022 Two major PCBUs (Person conducting a business or undertaking) have been fined $375,000 each, plus a total of $90,000 in prosecution costs, after their failures to meet their own safety-in-design requirements caused pipework to fail and kill a worker. #assessment #Compliance #Dutyholder #fatal #health #inspection #management #NSWDistrictCourt #obligation #PCBU #Pipe #PPS #Pressure #PressurisedPipingSystem #risk #safety #SafetyManagementSystem #SMS #StandardWorkInstruction #StandardWorkMethodStatement #SWI #SWMS #Water #work