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The four pillars of an employer's award-wining safety and rehabilitation management system, which include customised training for every role, have helped retain sought-after workers and drive down workers' comp premiums, according to its quality assurance officer.

A major employer's successful workplace safety overhaul was underpinned by its robust and positive culture, and led to zero lost-time injuries in the last financial year, a member of its executive team says.

Ashley Services Group has achieved a record-low lost-time injury frequency rate for its labour-hire division. It explains how it did so in this Q&A with OHS Alert.

An award-winning employer has improved safety, and reduced insurance premiums by $600,000, by dumping most lag indicators and encouraging safety leadership through a unique set of leading indicators, according to its health and safety coordinator.

• GM outlines noise-reduction strategies;
  
• Shooting victim convicted of workers' comp fraud; and
  
• Upside down guard causes finger amputation.

• Two-month plans and zero targets transform safety culture; and
  
• Safety alerts, guides and initiatives released in five states.

A major employer has found that scrapping safety rules, procedures and paperwork increases workers' perceptions of control and responsibility and makes workplaces safer.

A major employer has reversed its culture of safety complacency through a strategy focusing on five leadership styles, an OHS expert says.

Ninety-nine per cent of an award-winning safety regulator's workforce now view health as an important part of their lifestyle, after the organisation implemented a program combining basic wellbeing initiatives with emerging health trends, according to its corporate occupational safety and health manager.

Energy infrastructure company Jemena has identified and tackled injury causes that are difficult to detect in traditional assessments, through a system mapping and employee-empowerment strategy.