Why Won’t Workers Wear Wearables to Prevent Injury?
Organisations are beginning to explore the use of wearable technologies to prevent injury for workers who perform high-risk tasks. Wearables
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.
Top Workplace Hazards in Construction
Managing workplace hazards in the construction industry is a top priority every day because the working environment constantly changes. There
What Are Your Workplace Health and Safety Obligations?
Managing your workplace health and safety obligations is a complicated job. You are required to assess, mitigate and control risks
Manual Handling Injuries Are a Top Safety Theme
An essential safety theme for any organisation is how to reduce manual handling injuries. Poor manual handling leads to lower
Making Toolbox Talks Effective
Industries such as construction and mining use toolbox talks to improve safety. In these industry sectors, there are generally a
Can MicroLearning Improve Safety Training?
Business is always seeking new ways to train effectively, and MicroLearning is enjoying a recent and rapid uptake. Learners decide
Why Do Safety Myths Still Exist?
Today, many organisations view organisational safety as a holistic discipline that looks beyond lag indicator measures and blame culture, and
How Can You Reduce Workers’ Compensation Costs?
Workers’ compensation is a 60-billion-dollar crater in the Australian economy. Businesses are always looking for ways to reduce costs. In