This is a resource heavy 'dot-point' post to kick off National Safe Work Month - October 2024! Info that caught my eye (relevant to my work) from the various Work Health and Safety Regulator media outlets within Australia.
Musculoskeletal Disorders (MSD)
- VIC - OHS risk management toolkit introductory workshop - Online - Wed 09 Oct 2024 - 12-1pm Link
- WA - EveryBODY?Forum - Optus Stadium, Tue 15 Oct 2024 - Event Link
- SA - Hazardous Manual Tasks Risk Management - Online - Wed 23 Oct 2024 - 1-2pm Link??
- NSW - Legal duties to consider when managing musculoskeletal disorder risks - Link
- Workcover Claims - January to July 2024 - Hit by falling objects
- Top Age (Range) = 25-29
- Top three industries = 1. Civil Construction, 2. Carpentry. 3. Plumbing
- Top three locations = 1. Upper Limbs, 2. Lower Limbs, 3. Head
- Free event: Construction Industry Breakfast - Managing Psychosocial?Hazards and Risks in your sector - 1 South Road, Thebarton, SA 5031 Link
- SA’s psychosocial regulations – lessons learnt and practical advice?- Online - Fri 11 Oct 2024 - 10-11am Link
- Essential webinar series for businesses - three 15-minute webinars to help business owners understand, prevent, and respond to workplace sexual harassment Link
- Free event: The SLIP?- What good looks like. Across the Western Australian mining industry in SafeWork Month, 2024, a story of what good looks like will be told, based on the incredible story of the Bingham Canyon Mine pit slip.
- Implementing Effective Controls for Psychosocial Hazards in the Workplace?- Online - Wed 02 Oct 2024 - 12pm AEST Link
- Critical Risk Control with Bowtie Analysis - Online - Fri 04 Oct?2024 - 10am AEST Link
- Psychosocial Health in the workplace – we know the risk; do we have the management plan - Online - Fri 04 Oct?2024 - 12pm AEST Link
