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How to Communicate Workplace Safety Messages to Staff
According to Steven Bell, senior associate with law firm Freehills, in January 2012 the new Australian OHS laws will expect companies to drive safety...
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Is this the best safety plan ever?
Back in 1987, every Alcoa plant, worldwide, had at least one accident per week. It was dangerous work. Molten metals bubbled at 1,500 degrees and...
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How a Culture of Fear Breeds Dodgy Workplace Practices
Back in the 1970s - 1980s, Jimmy Savile was one of the most famous television presenters on the BBC. An effervescent, eccentric man he hosted "Top of...
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5 Ways to Encourage Safety Ownership
Companies that are best in class when it comes to safety, all have one thing in common. And that is each employee and contractor takes ownership of...
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Why Great Workplace Safety Professionals are Artists
The best safety professionals that I've worked with like safety. They read all the right safety magazines and go to all the right safety conferences....
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5 Sloppy Workplace Safety Communication Mistakes to Fix NOW
Mistakes are a healthy part of learning. They're nothing to be embarrassed about, as long as you learn from them and move on. But being sloppy is a...
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Why Supervisors are so Important when Improving Workplace Safety
In the book First, Break all the Rules by Marcus Buckingham, his research found the relationship between an employee and their manager determined how...
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5 Topics to include in your Workplace Safety Speech
Writing a safety speech can be a daunting task. But rather than staring at a computer screen for inspiration, we've put together some helpful topic...
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Four Ways to talk to Senior Management about Safety
Last week, we looked at three different arguments to convince senior management about why they need to care about safety.