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Any worker working with or around electricity needs to be aware of the risk of arc flashes. They need to have the right arc flash shield equipment and training to minimise the risk of them occurring, and the damage that they cause if they do. Because the risk of arc flashes cannot be overstated. [...]
Crystalline silica is used to make a variety of products, including engineered stone for kitchen and bathroom benchtops, bricks and tiles. It can also be found in sand, stone, concrete and mortar. When workers cut, crush, drill, polish, saw or grind stone or products that contain crystalline silica, dust particles are generated. These dust [...]
Ensuring that your staff are safe on the worksite, and that your business is in compliance with regulation, is an investment. However, given the costs involved for shirking your responsibilities in this area, the costs of compliance are better seen as a money-saving investment. Workplace injuries cost a massive $61.8 million in Australia each [...]
At one time or other, you and your co-workers have received some sort of training on "Hazard Chemicals”, alerting you to the chemicals in use at your worksite. But everyone should review this information now and then, as a reminder of the need to be cautious. Hazards from chemicals and other materials are everywhere we [...]
The Safe Work Method Statement (SWMS) is a regulatory requirement for high-risk worksites. But there’s a bit of confusion around just what they are, what they do, and why they’re important. Because they are regulatory requirements, many people wonder whether they need to get the professionalsinvolved, or whether simply following a SWMS example template is [...]
There are many factors that might result in a work site being considered a potentially hazardous one. Whether that be a site that involves exposed wires and live electrical currents, or even has a risk for arc flashes, a site that features hazardous chemicals, or one that involves working from heights, you need to be [...]
If you have people working from heights, then you need to make sure that your working at heights SWMS is taken with the appropriate seriousness, as a critical component of your overall OH&S obligations. According to Safe Work Australia, falls from heights still account for a massive 13 percent of all fatalities on the worksite, [...]
Personal protective equipment (PPE) is essential for any worksite where hazards are a risk. It’s never the only step in compliance to safety regulations and best practices (the SWMS that you’ll fill out ahead of a project will highlight the full suite of risk mitigation plans), but it’s a critical one. Employers are obliged [...]
Did you know that electrical workers are still one of the most dangerous jobs in Australia? The fatality rate is 2.0 per 100,000, which doesn’t sound like much, but that’s only counting fatalities, not serious, crippling, or long-term injuries. This is why it is important to have a robust Safe Work Method Statement template [...]
The focus that is being placed on air conditioning as a health & safety matter has escalated rapidly in the last two years. The COVID-19 pandemic and the need to improve ventilation in many spaces to ward against the disease has meant that air conditioning installations, repairs, and upgrades have been in demand like never [...]