SWA updates preliminary workplace fatalities data for 2024
22 February, 2024Safe Work Australia has updated its preliminary fatalities dashboard and provided the latest estimate of workers killed as a result of injuries in Australian workplaces.
More apprentices, tradies seeking mental health support
20 July, 2023TIACS, an Australian mental health counselling service, has reported a rise in the numbers of apprentices reaching out to the service for mental health support.
Survey: LGBTQ+ staff lack resources for safe work travel
23 June, 2023A global survey of business travellers has found that fewer than 10% of employees are offered LGBTQ+ safety information before embarking on a work trip.
More visible safety leadership: adapting for the future
11 July, 2022 by Mark Wright, Managing Director of FEFO Consulting and Health and Safety IndexOften the issues that senior leaders feel they must act on are disconnected from the needs of their teams.
Report: One in five Aussies say work negatively impacts their mental health
02 May, 2022Almost a quarter of Australian workers stated that their workplace caused or worsened their mental health, according to the 2021 Indicators of a Thriving Workplace Report.
Construction sector records highs and lows in injury claims
01 April, 2022The construction industry has recorded the second highest number of serious workers' compensation claims, per a report published by Safe Work Australia.
Vic urges workplace safety prioritisation after 65 died in 2020
29 March, 2021Victorian employers and workers have been urged to prioritise workplace health and safety, after 65 workers died in 2020.
Ethical mining: stocks drop for companies linked to human rights abuses
16 March, 2021International research has found that human rights abuses by mining companies can negatively impact their sharemarket value, fuelled by negative media coverage.
Enhancing WHSE and safety reporting with NLG narratives
06 October, 2020 by Simon Geragthy, Safety Reporting Advisor, Relius ReportsHow can the use of Natural Language Generation (NLG) make it easier to generate custom WHSE reports where the data has been accurately analysed and interpreted?
Relius Reports Custom WHS, Compliance & Safety Performance Reports
01 September, 2020Relius Reports delivers custom and innovative business intelligence reports. The reports are designed to take the hassle out of the regular WHS outcome reporting.
A fall in numbers: UK work-related fatal accidents in 2019/20
07 August, 2020The United Kindom's Health and Safety Executive has revealed that 111 workers were fatally injured in 2019/20 — representing a fall of 38 deaths from the previous year.
Night-shift workers at greater risk of injury, ill health
12 June, 2020British research by IOSH has found that shift workers who work night shifts are 25–30% more at risk of injury than those who work day shifts.
Victoria "on notice" ahead of new workplace manslaughter laws
14 February, 2020WorkSafe Victoria has put out a call to all Victorian workplaces to put health and safety first ahead of new workplace manslaughter laws in force from July.
OFSC accredited companies survey: 2019 results
05 February, 2020We take a look at the Office of the Federal Safety Commission's results from a 2019 survey of WHS Accreditation Scheme building and construction companies.
Support line managers, safeguard mental health
11 December, 2019Line managers are not being given sufficient support to safeguard the mental health and wellbeing of their workers, 2019 survey research suggests.
