Monthly Archives: February 2017

Monthly Archives: February 2017

22/02

Five Smartphone Safety Apps

Five Smartphone Safety Apps.  Available from <https://www.fallsafetyapp.com/blog/five-apps-to-extend-safety-stand-down-week>  This year’s National Safety Stand Down Week is in the books and we start off a new week mindful of the fact that construction safety is important all 52 weeks of the year. Fatalities caused by construction workers falling from high elevations is the number one cause of…
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22/02

Commitment to zero harm nets safety improvements

Commitment to zero harm nets safety improvements by Charles Pauka Available from <http://www.tandlnews.com.au/2017/02/15/article/commitment-zero-harm-nets-safety-improvements/> [February 15, 2017] One year on from claiming its SafeWork Award, Crown Equipment is implementing additional initiatives to minimise risk. In December 2015, the company scored a win in the WorkCover NSW SafeWork awards for the Best Workplace Health and Safety Management System (Private…
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15/02

Truck drivers fear raising safety concerns

Truck drivers fear raising safety concerns By Charles Pauka.  Available from< http://www.tandlnews.com.au/2017/02/08/article/truck-drivers-fear-raising-safety-concerns/> [February 8, 2017] A Macquarie University report has revealed the major reasons why truck driving is Australia’s deadliest job, says the TWU. Long hours, pressure to drive unsafe schedules with unsafe loads and an inability to raise safety concerns without jeopardising their jobs…
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15/02

CFMEU objections to worksite safety laws either don’t hold up or lack detail that we need as an industry

CFMEU objections to worksite safety laws either don’t hold up or lack detail that we need as an industry by Ian Markos, The Advertiser.  Available from <http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/news/opinion/ian-markos-the-construction-union-says-health-and-safety-officials-need-more-powers-to-stop-worker-deaths-on-sa-building-sites/news-story/d7eee4d79432bd5e753f7f5a05cbe441> [February 14, 2017 3:38pm] TWO weeks ago the CFMEU called on members to march on Parliament House on Wednesday to end worksite deaths, claiming building site health and…
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