A company made work easier and less stressful for workers dealing with the high cognitive demands of their job, by streamlining its procedures and reducing task complexity, according to its quality manager.
An award-winning employer reduced its near miss rate from an average of 18 per month to two, by creating multiple lines of communication with every one of its 250 subcontractors and convincing them of the benefits of safety, its WHS manager says.
> Workplace champions key to reducing excessive sitting; > Federal Govt bans unprotected quads, with transitional periods; and > ACT amends WHS Act, hints at manslaughter changes.
> Workplace stress training urged for World Mental Health Day; > Alerts with tips issued after trench and formwork collapse; and > Safe ladder system among WHS and RTW winners in Qld.
Swedish stress experts have identified a number of working conditions that contribute to worker burnout and must be monitored to avoid work-related mental illness.
> Are your chemical stores unsafe? You could be reported; > Risk assessment failed to tackle fall risk; and > Workplace heat warning issued after BoM prediction.
> Walk to work and hold walking meetings tomorrow; > Pre-start checks urged after death, alerts issued in three jurisdictions; and > WHS exemptions made for ACT chemicals, ARPANSA releases guide.
A commission has upheld a WHS inspector's prohibition notice for an employer not to remove a staff counter she believes acts as a barrier to occupational violence, and agreed with her that workers' safety trumps improving the "therapeutic environment".
