How to Improve Safety Performance
Organisations continuously seek ways to improve safety performance. Several factors motivate them, including a genuine desire to have their workforce
Our Most Important Workplace Safety Article
There are many areas in workplace safety that are important and of interest to our readers. However, there is one standout article that discusses workplace hazard recognition, recalling, reporting and rectifying.
Can Employees Recognise, Recall and Report Workplace Hazards?
This article reviews an experiment that was designed to assess the capacity to recall, recognise and report workplace hazards. Hazard awareness is fundamental to safety, and employee skills. The ability to recognise, recall and report workplace hazards are critical.
More Workplace Safety Articles
Our workplace safety articles cover topics that look at your safety obligations, management of hazards and risks and the role of new technologies. The articles place these topics into a variety of industry contexts so that you can address workplace safety according to your organisation’s needs and responsibilities.
Can VR Increase Safe Behaviour?
Organisations are looking for the best ways to increase safe behaviour in their workplaces. It’s little wonder that they are,
The Role of Supervisors in Preventing Fall Injuries
Every year in Australia, an average of 29 people die from work-related falls and we’re keen to investigate the role
How to Improve Worker Attitudes to Safety
It’s a requirement of organisations to train their employees and these efforts should reflect in their attitudes to safety. However,
Confusing WHS Laws See Fatalities Increasing
Are Australia’s WHS laws so confusing that we are causing more injuries? The latest statistics show that in Australian workplaces
6 Reasons to Use MicroLearning to Train Safety
Many companies find it challenging to provide engaging training; however, using MicroLearning to train workplace safety is quite effective. MicroLearning
Challenges for Safety Professionals in 2020
We’re flat out trying to keep our work sites safe, and this provides challenges for safety professionals. The question is
Near-Miss Reporting Improves Workplace Safety
Near-miss reporting of unsafe events is a leading indicator that has had some use across high-risk industries. The use of