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 [...]
Background Leadership commitment is the core component of an effective safety management system. This commitment must exist at the executive level and cascade to all levels of the organisation, including contractors. Safety should be viewed as a core value - commitment to safety does not change with business pressures. Safety must be integrated into all [...]
Risk management is the cornerstone of the WHS Act and Regulations 2011. As the PCBU, an organisation is required to: eliminate risks to health and safety so far as is reasonably practicable; and if it is not reasonably practicable to eliminate risks to health and safety—minimise those risks so far as is reasonably practicable. In [...]
