by claire | Dec 11, 2015 | Work Health and Safety
I am often asked the purpose and difference between various risk management tools. Organisations with comprehensive health and safety management systems have a layered approach to risk management. At an organisational level, risks are documented...
by claire | Nov 29, 2015 | Work Health and Safety
Many organisations are concerned about the potential implications for ‘Officers’ under the proposed WHS legislation. These concerns particularly involve the fact that an individual can be held directly liable and prosecuted for not exercising ‘due diligence’ – a...
by claire | Oct 11, 2015 | News, Work Health and Safety
On 4th September 2015 WorkSafe WA announced an inspection program to look at manual task incidents in hospitals and residential care. “Inspectors will visit hospitals and residential care services to see how well incidents and injuries involving manual tasks and...
by claire | Sep 10, 2015 | News
WorkSafe WA have announced a proactive inspection campaign to focus on manual tasks in the health care sector. See: http://www.commerce.wa.gov.au/announcements/worksafe-inspection-program-look-manual-task-incidents-hospitals-and-residential-care Crest Training can...
by claire | Aug 25, 2015 | News
Many organisations in Australia build and implement their WHS management systems in alignment with AS/NZS 4801 or OHSAS 18001. ISO (The International Organisation for Standardisation) is developing a new standard, ISO 45001 Occupational health and safety management...
