Health and Safety
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Queensland backs ‘Mates in Construction’
First 5000 | August 24, 2018Queensland’s Industrial Relations Minister Grace Grace has announced additional funding of $1 million to help Mates in Construction expand its suicide prevention program to rural and remote areas of the state.
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Half of all Australian homes affected by unsafe products
First 5000 | August 21, 2018Faulty products continue to cause serious injury and harm to thousands of Australians, with more than 4.5 million items recalled by suppliers in the 2017-18 financial year.
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Mobile app offers safety line for lone workers
First 5000 | August 18, 2018A mobile phone app designed to protect employees working outside the office is gaining traction in Australia.
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Safer driving saves fuel as well as lives
First 5000 | August 9, 2018Driving to and from work, and while at work itself, is one of the most dangerous and expensive things we do each day. View traffic as an exercise in co-operation, rather than competition, and you’re already half way there.
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Four common workplace chemicals linked to prostate cancer
First 5000 | August 6, 2018A new Canadian study has linked four common hazardous substances to an aggressive form of early onset prostate cancer.
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Occupational noise control – How to reduce noise in the workplace
Derek Lotts | July 9, 2018When it comes to occupational noise control, you need to take a comprehensive approach and implement various measures to ensure the safety and health of your employees.
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Queensland safe work and return to work award nominations close soon
First 5000 | July 3, 2018Time is running out for Queensland workplaces to enter the 2018 Safe Work and Return to Work Awards, with nominations closing on Friday 6 July.
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Why new industrial manslaughter laws are unlikely to save lives in the workplace
Rick Sarre | June 6, 2018Proposed legislation in Victoria would put an offence of industrial manslaughter offence on the statute books but it may not lower workplace death rates without additional action.
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How does work safety affect performance and culture?
First 5000 | May 31, 2018Gone are the days when health and safety initiatives were considered burdensome and secondary to primary business objectives. Research evidence shows that improvements in key safety metrics serve to boost the bottom line.
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Workplace manslaughter laws to protect Victorians
First 5000 | May 27, 2018Employers whose negligence leads to the death of an employee will face up to 20 years in jail under tough new laws to be introduced by a re-elected Andrews Labor Government.
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Counting the costs of illness and injury to Australian workers
Ross Iles | May 21, 2018Many Australians become ill during their working life. Common conditions such as back pain and depression often limit people’s ability to work but it’s in the interest of the employee, their employer and society as a whole to keep people economically active.
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Workers not reporting safety breaches over fears they’ll be sacked
First 5000 | May 16, 2018A recent survey of Australian workers found one in ten are afraid to report a safety breach over fears it will cost them their job. One in five said they had made a safety complaint that was not addressed by their employers.
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Transport workers face five times the average risk at work
First 5000 | May 13, 2018Transport workers are up to five times more likely to be injured at work than any other Australian worker, according to new Monash research. Train drivers, for example, are 30 times more likely to develop a mental health condition than other employees.
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What is ‘burnout’ and what can we do about it?
Gabriela Tavella | May 12, 2018Feeling “burnt out” is a pretty common phrase in daily parlance, and we’re starting to learn more about its long term and highly destructive effects.
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Queensland creates memorial for workplace victims
First 5000 | April 29, 2018Queensland’s state Government is honouring workers who have died as a result of work-related incidents, disease or illness, with two new memorials.