Safety dot-point Sunday No. 11 (on a Monday :))
How's your National Safe Work Month going? Did you kick off with WHS fundamentals or something else?
Sharing again this week some info that caught my eye (relevant to my work) from the various Work Health and Safety Regulator media outlets within Australia.
Silica Work Register - Have Your Say
The NSW Government is introducing a silica worker register to help monitor the health of at-risk workers exposed to respirable crystalline silica dust. Have your say by Sunday, 3 November 2024.
The proposed date PCBU’s will have to commence their reporting requirements is 1 March 2025 and are required to provide information within 14 days from the date the work commences.
The register may include:
-workers’ contact information
-employers’ contact and insurance information
-details of when and where workers may have come into contact with RCS.
For more information, please refer to the:
CPR & AED’s
Approximately 20 Victorians experience cardiac arrest daily, with only 1 in 10 surviving without immediate intervention. Performing CPR while using an Automated External Defibrillator (AED) can more than double survival chances.
WorkSafe Victoria shares #Shocktober - a month-long campaign from Ambulance Victoria ??.
To learn CPR and AED usage, visit https://lnkd.in/gG4fDBYf
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Psychological Hazards RA
How to do a risk assessment for psychological hazards in the workplace, a free livestream providing a step-by-step guide in plain English!
As part of Workplace Health and Safety Queensland’s mental health week - Online - Tue 8 Oct -10-11am AEST. Register here
The most common apprentice and trainee incidents in SA
Electric shocks, serious lacerations and injuries resulting from slips, trips and falls were the most common apprentice and trainee incidents reported to SafeWork SA in the first six months of 2024.
-A total of 34 apprentice and trainee incidents were reported from 1 January to 30 June 2024
-Among the reports were 18 electric shock notifications and eight falls, including two from a roof
-two fingertip amputations and eight serious lacerations caused by a variety of tools including a nail gun, angle grinder and a circular saw
-One apprentice fractured a leg, and another dislocated a shoulder, both the result of slips and trips
Read the full story here ?? https://ow.ly/1zgz50TvPvT
New Tasmanian Industrial Manslaughter Laws
On 2 October 2024, changes to the Work Health and Safety Act 2012 came into effect that make industrial manslaughter a criminal offence in Tasmania. LINK
Under the amendments, industrial manslaughter occurs when negligent conduct, by a person conducting a business or undertaking (PCBU) or by an officer, causes the death of a worker.
-does not apply to workers who are not officers.
-Industrial manslaughter will not apply to all cases of death at a workplace.
-test is gross negligence or recklessness that substantially contributes to the death
-no time limit for bringing charges related to industrial manslaughter
-Maximum penalties include - 21 years imprisonment for individuals and $18 million penalty for corporations
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1 个月Hey Colleen, no problem. Hope you are doing well
Thanks for the update. I would have missed the Worksafe Qld back to basic session so thanks