Webinars

2025

December

• Staying safe at Christmas

• Vic Psychological Health Regulations

• Contractor falls through skylight

• Driving accident after 18hr shift

• Can you wear open footwear, eg sandals or thongs, while driving?

November

• Do good safety systems help?

• Journey injury defined

• Claim Farming banned

• Lone worker electrocuted

October

• UV Risks in Australia

• What is the diffence between a Police check and WWCC check?

• New NSW Safety Regulations

• October is Safety Month

September

• What is the difference between a JSA and a SWMS?

• Electric Vehicle Bans

• Workplace Fatality Stats

• Question of the week: What age of building can you assume there is no asbestos present?

August

• Should executives be involved in accident investigations>

• When is water too hot?

• What is the difference between bonding and earthing equipment?

• Conveyor belt fatalities

• Machinery safety workshops

• Conference highlights part 2

July

• AIHS Conference Highlights including Dreamworlds Safety Experience

• Personal Heaters in Winter

• Pedestrian Exclusion Zones

June

• Measuring Safety

• Inspecting Storage Racks

• Safety Rules vs Values

May

• Psycho-Social Climate Surveys

• Machinery Safety Innovations

• Quad Bike Accident

• NT WorkSafe White Cards

• Electric Gate Accident

April

• Safety Signage

• Silica Training ACT

• Re-Installing Engineered Stone Benchtops.

March

• Equipment Isolation vs Loto

• Victorian Psychological OHS Regulations

February

Safety Planning 2025 workshop and understanding safety law.

2024

December

• Working near deep water

• Question of the week:

  • If a low tree branch hangs over your property are you allowed to cut it off?

• Can we give away old equipment?

• Does wearing safety glasses all day harm your eyesight?

November

• Working From Home Long Term

• Dangerous Goods Update

• Director Acquitted of Forklift Breach

• Relying on Experienced Worker Costs $1M

• Shopping Trolley Theory

October

• Effective Safety Planning

• Bow Tie Accident Investigation

• Unsafe Roadside Work

• Are safety committee members and safety representatives liable for the advice they may give?

September

Road Safety Special Edition

August

• Flammable liquids and static electricity.

• Is fatigue a WHS issue?

• Can you use mobile phones at the petrol station?

• Do you need an external person to conduct a rack inspection?

• Are alcohol-based hand sanitisers dangerous?

July

• Forklift Safety

• AIHS Conference Summary

• De-Cluttering Safety

June

• Why most “Take5s” don’t work.

• What should be on your safety notice board.

• Engineered silica stone ban

• Can ‘domestic type’ extension leads be used in the workplace?

May

• Measuring safety performance.

• Electric safety changes.

• Correct wearing of respirators enforced.

• Harsh tone not necessarily bullying.

• Scheduler convicted of recklessness

• Vic incident notification amendment.

April

• Is there too much psychological health?

• Stress is good for your health and business.

• Is it legal to park your car on the nature strip?

• New welding fumes limit.

• Too much hi-vis?

• 28th April - Workers Memorial Day.

March

• Noise cancelling Airpods & headphones in PPE areas.

• When are child car restraints required.

• First Vic & Qld personal manslaughter convictions.

• Economics of safety from famous economist, Thomas Sowell.

• Risk of BBQ wire brushes

Questions of the Week

• What legally constitutes as a trip hazard?

• Can we use non-fluorescent uniforms as our high viz?

February

• Self driving Cars

• Do car companies have a sense of humour?

• Trucking executive jailed for 3 years

• Work Injury trends 2023

• Selfie photo risks

Questions of the Week

• By law do we need to do fire warden training every year?

• If a forklift operator is found to exceed the workplace alcohol limit, do they lose their licence?

Preparing An Effective SWMS

In this useful short video Safety Action CEO Gary Rowe will show you how to prepare an effective and compliant Safe Work Method Statement (SWMS).

Safety Links

Safety Action has collected a range of safety related resources that you may find useful and included them in the links below. If you need further assistance in finding or interpreting legislation, or addressing a particular problem in your workplace, please contact us.

Updated: August 21st 2020.