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Allowing HSRs to step away from their day-to-day work and perform safety duties only, for up to eight hours a month, has been fundamental to an employer's award-winning safety culture, its OHS manager says.

Employers should target vascular risk factors, such as high blood pressure and smoking, to reduce the high risk of stroke among employees who work long hours, according to an international study of more than 600,000 workers.

Employers can combat the growing phenomenon of work-related cyberbullying by training workers to be more optimistic and resilient, as well as training them in email etiquette, Australian researchers say.

In this article, an organisational psychologist explains how a supervisor trained in psychological warning signs potentially saved a worker's life by encouraging him to access his employee assistance program.

An employer has halved its lost-time claims since it established a special injury management team two years ago, its return-to-work coordinator says.

Employers should introduce special policies, and provide workers with access to training, counselling and treatment, to tackle the "extremely high costs" of drug and alcohol-related absenteeism, Australian researchers have recommended.

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The authors of a $1.3 million study on quad bike stability have rejected "active riding" as a reliable rollover-prevention strategy, and found that no tested quads achieved better than three out of five stars under a proposed safety-rating system. Meanwhile, the Queensland Coroner has completed phase two of an inquest into nine quad bike fatalities.

Labour-hire firms are being advised never to rely solely on a host organisation's risk assessments, while host PCBUs are being encouraged to openly communicate and consult with labour-hire firms.

An employer's award-winning technology solution, introduced to improve confined-space safety, has increased productivity and reduced costs, and can be applied to a variety of work types, a WHSE manager says.