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STEP ONE: Understand the importance leadership commitment One of the hallmarks of great organisations is a great safety culture. And a great safety culture is only ever sustainably achieved when it is visibly driven by leadership. This includes the Board, EVPs, GMs – right down to your Supervisors. It’s like that old saying – [...]
The fact that you have taken the time to read this, probably means that you have concerns about the safety culture in your organisation. Our team at BWC Safety have been doing safety culture reviews for two decades and we have identified five warning signs that make a strong case for investing in an [...]
Creating an effective Safety Assurance Strategy A research paper developed by the team at BWC Safety November 2021 Introduction Many medium and larger-sized organisations will develop their WHS Policy and have at least a basic safety management system in place. However, based on more than 20 years’ experience gained from working with all types of [...]
In October 2016 four park guests were killed when their raft capsized on the Thunder River Rapids Ride at Queensland’s Dreamworld Park. Ardent Leisure was subsequently charged with three offences under section 32 of the Queensland Work Health and Safety Act. They pleaded guilty to all charges and were fined $3.6 million.
2020 NTARC Report into Major Accidents involving Heavy Vehicles in Australia The 2020 NTARC report into heavy vehicle accidents in Australia has just been published by the NTI Group. This excellent report provides a detailed breakdown of heavy vehicle serious incidents, with data going back to 2011. The tragic news is that 50 people [...]
Having the Right Philosophy The main ingredient for advancing safety culture within an organisation is committed, competent and highly visible leadership. This ‘ideal’ safety leader, regardless of their level within the organisation, fully understands that safety must be a personal core value and that commitment to continually advancing the safety culture does not waver with [...]
Hot off the presses from the United States, Patrick Kapust, deputy director of OSHA’s Directorate of Enforcement Programs, presented the list of the top 10 safety violations for 2018. Year to year, the rankings rarely change, although this year's No. 10, "Eye and Face Protection” (1926.102) was not on the 2017 list. The Top 10 [...]
Trends in Fatalities Every year in Australia, approximately 30 people are killed in the construction industry and according to SafeWork Australia, there are an astounding 12,500 serious injuries in the Australian construction industry every year. Understanding the causes of fatalities In the 12 years between 2003 and 2014, there were 417 construction workers killed [...]
Is the quality of your incident investigations poor? Do you fail to learn valuable lessons from investigations? Do you regularly see “operator take more care” as the root cause of your investigation? THE GOOD NEWS IS THAT YOU ARE NOT ALONE. Poor incident investigation is probably the most common fault across businesses today. Due to [...]
Background Intuitively you would expect that most large organisations have well developed emergency plans with frequent trial runs to test effectiveness. However, our experience with a number of medium and large Australian companies is that emergency preparedness often doesn’t go beyond a poorly designed evacuation notice.This inadequate planning and preparation puts lives at risk and [...]
