SafetyOz
@safetyoz.bsky.social
Health and safety consultant, freelance writer, editor of the SafetyAtWorkBlog
GDP stats don’t make workplaces safer. Small businesses need real data, not abstract billions. Injuries cost lives, not just percentages. Humanising the number might explain OHS better. safetyatworkblog.com/2025/08/05/s...
#OHS #WHS #communication #workhealthandsafety
#OHS #WHS #communication #workhealthandsafety
August 4, 2025 at 9:34 PM
GDP stats don’t make workplaces safer. Small businesses need real data, not abstract billions. Injuries cost lives, not just percentages. Humanising the number might explain OHS better. safetyatworkblog.com/2025/08/05/s...
#OHS #WHS #communication #workhealthandsafety
#OHS #WHS #communication #workhealthandsafety
Writing in today’s AFR newspaper, Edward Luce poses a possible future for the United States. I doubt this will have much direct effect on a freelance writer in Melbourne Australia, but it sets a challenge for our politicians never faced before. Do you bow or ignore?
July 8, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Writing in today’s AFR newspaper, Edward Luce poses a possible future for the United States. I doubt this will have much direct effect on a freelance writer in Melbourne Australia, but it sets a challenge for our politicians never faced before. Do you bow or ignore?
This imaginary headline matches my work health and safety perspective of identifying the source of a problem, act or behaviour and trying to fix that. If you want to save money or make more profits, make the world, and workplaces, safe.
June 28, 2025 at 11:16 PM
This imaginary headline matches my work health and safety perspective of identifying the source of a problem, act or behaviour and trying to fix that. If you want to save money or make more profits, make the world, and workplaces, safe.
Last week I wrote about and reported on the Psych Health and Safety conference in Sydney. A friend photographed me at work. This was me for two whole days. (The camera was not mine)
Plenty of articles at SafetAtWorkBlog
Plenty of articles at SafetAtWorkBlog
June 22, 2025 at 9:43 AM
Last week I wrote about and reported on the Psych Health and Safety conference in Sydney. A friend photographed me at work. This was me for two whole days. (The camera was not mine)
Plenty of articles at SafetAtWorkBlog
Plenty of articles at SafetAtWorkBlog
Rob Briner provided a great summary of the current state of play on psychosocial hazards at work and their management. SafetyAtWorkBlog summarises his presentation.
safetyatworkblog.com/2025/06/19/r...
safetyatworkblog.com/2025/06/19/r...
June 19, 2025 at 1:38 AM
Rob Briner provided a great summary of the current state of play on psychosocial hazards at work and their management. SafetyAtWorkBlog summarises his presentation.
safetyatworkblog.com/2025/06/19/r...
safetyatworkblog.com/2025/06/19/r...
The United States appears to be the bastion of excessive greed, but its values seem to permeate everywhere. The Australian Turf Club Chairman, Peter McGauran, seems to believe that everything can be bought. (From today's AFR newspaper) #neoliberalism #value
May 27, 2025 at 11:19 PM
The United States appears to be the bastion of excessive greed, but its values seem to permeate everywhere. The Australian Turf Club Chairman, Peter McGauran, seems to believe that everything can be bought. (From today's AFR newspaper) #neoliberalism #value
We weren't sure about the etiquette of the Democracy Sausage. Do you eat one in the queue to vote or celebrate having voted? So we had a before-and-after. It's the Australian way.
(Not sure what a #democracysausage is, search the internet)
(Not sure what a #democracysausage is, search the internet)
May 3, 2025 at 3:56 AM
We weren't sure about the etiquette of the Democracy Sausage. Do you eat one in the queue to vote or celebrate having voted? So we had a before-and-after. It's the Australian way.
(Not sure what a #democracysausage is, search the internet)
(Not sure what a #democracysausage is, search the internet)
In a review of a new economics book in the New Statesman, Will Dunn, offers this gem as his conclusion. It is important to note as economists come out of the woodwork before Australia’s upcoming election.
March 20, 2025 at 5:56 AM
In a review of a new economics book in the New Statesman, Will Dunn, offers this gem as his conclusion. It is important to note as economists come out of the woodwork before Australia’s upcoming election.
Also from The Sunday Times is the emergence of a readily preventable occupational hazard - respirable silica dust from the cutting of engineered stone. It’s reasonable to think the Australian research that led to a ban is equally applicable in the UK. #silicosis #hse #osh
March 2, 2025 at 6:29 AM
Also from The Sunday Times is the emergence of a readily preventable occupational hazard - respirable silica dust from the cutting of engineered stone. It’s reasonable to think the Australian research that led to a ban is equally applicable in the UK. #silicosis #hse #osh
The right-to-disconnect has turned out to be a non-issue in Australia but switching off from work in the UK remains politically charged says The Times.
The suggestion of the concept increasing business costs is an untrue distraction. It should result in reduced stress and mental health costs. #ohs
The suggestion of the concept increasing business costs is an untrue distraction. It should result in reduced stress and mental health costs. #ohs
March 2, 2025 at 6:15 AM
The right-to-disconnect has turned out to be a non-issue in Australia but switching off from work in the UK remains politically charged says The Times.
The suggestion of the concept increasing business costs is an untrue distraction. It should result in reduced stress and mental health costs. #ohs
The suggestion of the concept increasing business costs is an untrue distraction. It should result in reduced stress and mental health costs. #ohs
The annual #OHS seminar of the AIHS and Herbert Smith Freehills occurred this morning without a WorkSafe rep for the first time in years.
February 19, 2025 at 12:22 AM
The annual #OHS seminar of the AIHS and Herbert Smith Freehills occurred this morning without a WorkSafe rep for the first time in years.
I am not overly concerned with this increase IF it is part of the transition to renewable energies that stop the damage to the environment. There was always going to be a cost in continuing to use fossil fuels and consumers will need to wear it.
February 13, 2025 at 8:54 PM
I am not overly concerned with this increase IF it is part of the transition to renewable energies that stop the damage to the environment. There was always going to be a cost in continuing to use fossil fuels and consumers will need to wear it.
Ross Gittins includes a useful quote in his newspaper column this morning. This applies to the lobbying for deregulation and red tape reduction.
I am also waiting for the free-marketeers to refuse tax breaks and subsidies to show their free market commitments.
I am also waiting for the free-marketeers to refuse tax breaks and subsidies to show their free market commitments.
February 9, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Ross Gittins includes a useful quote in his newspaper column this morning. This applies to the lobbying for deregulation and red tape reduction.
I am also waiting for the free-marketeers to refuse tax breaks and subsidies to show their free market commitments.
I am also waiting for the free-marketeers to refuse tax breaks and subsidies to show their free market commitments.
Every so often Prospect magazine publishes an article directly related to work health and safety and/or the politics and ideologies that affect it. The latest is a good examination of #asbestos. #ohs #whs
app.prospectmagazine.co.uk/story/69148/...
app.prospectmagazine.co.uk/story/69148/...
February 8, 2025 at 2:18 AM
Every so often Prospect magazine publishes an article directly related to work health and safety and/or the politics and ideologies that affect it. The latest is a good examination of #asbestos. #ohs #whs
app.prospectmagazine.co.uk/story/69148/...
app.prospectmagazine.co.uk/story/69148/...
I realise I am on the other side of the world but wasn’t it the BBC that needed to recalibrate its culture after the revelations about Jimmy Savile? It seems that the recalibration failed. (quote from today’s The Guardian) #Bystanders #workplaceculture
January 31, 2025 at 2:54 AM
I realise I am on the other side of the world but wasn’t it the BBC that needed to recalibrate its culture after the revelations about Jimmy Savile? It seems that the recalibration failed. (quote from today’s The Guardian) #Bystanders #workplaceculture
This was the temperature on my ride home today. My motorscooter' atmospheric temperature gauge peaked of 114 Fahrenheit. And it's not yet Christmas! January will be scary
December 16, 2024 at 6:12 AM
This was the temperature on my ride home today. My motorscooter' atmospheric temperature gauge peaked of 114 Fahrenheit. And it's not yet Christmas! January will be scary
Ending 2024 with some challenging thinking on work health and safety in the SafetyAtWorkBlog tomorrow.
safetyatworkblog.com #OHS #WHS #safetydifferently #challenges #workhealthandsafety
safetyatworkblog.com #OHS #WHS #safetydifferently #challenges #workhealthandsafety
December 15, 2024 at 8:59 AM
Ending 2024 with some challenging thinking on work health and safety in the SafetyAtWorkBlog tomorrow.
safetyatworkblog.com #OHS #WHS #safetydifferently #challenges #workhealthandsafety
safetyatworkblog.com #OHS #WHS #safetydifferently #challenges #workhealthandsafety
Jobs are a very important economic factor but a fixation on these to the exclusion of social factors is a major impediment to community cohesion and equality. The removal of regulations will mean that some people may get rich but many more will be hurt and harmed.
December 11, 2024 at 8:15 PM
Jobs are a very important economic factor but a fixation on these to the exclusion of social factors is a major impediment to community cohesion and equality. The removal of regulations will mean that some people may get rich but many more will be hurt and harmed.
Melbourne launch of John Brogden's book "Profiles of Hope". More information in the SafetyAtWorkBlog soon. safetyatworkblog.com #ohs #mentalhealth
December 3, 2024 at 7:34 AM
Melbourne launch of John Brogden's book "Profiles of Hope". More information in the SafetyAtWorkBlog soon. safetyatworkblog.com #ohs #mentalhealth
What is most frequently missing from the debate on working from home provisions is the “why.” Why do people want to work from home? Why do employers want workers in the office? Is it better mental health? Is it saving on commuting time and costs? Much more evidence of the why is needed.
December 1, 2024 at 8:53 PM
What is most frequently missing from the debate on working from home provisions is the “why.” Why do people want to work from home? Why do employers want workers in the office? Is it better mental health? Is it saving on commuting time and costs? Much more evidence of the why is needed.
In The Times, US civil servants plan to strike in protest of Trump’s policies but Trump was planning to sack thousands anyway! How can workers protest effectively when their jobs are more insecure than ever before, and the rule of law will be transformed?
November 22, 2024 at 6:37 AM
In The Times, US civil servants plan to strike in protest of Trump’s policies but Trump was planning to sack thousands anyway! How can workers protest effectively when their jobs are more insecure than ever before, and the rule of law will be transformed?