Pesky paperclip precipitates workplace peril

In a tongue-in-cheek animation released today, Red Cross College highlights the serious issue of workplace safety and urges businesses from all industries to ensure their first aid training and kits are up to date.

Workplace injury without the correct first aid treatment can have catastrophic outcomes for both individuals and businesses. 

Australians like ‘Bill’, a character featured in the animation, are injured at work every day. Every year, 2000 Australian workers die and 640,000 workers report a work-related injury or illness, costing the economy $60.6 billion.*

“Unfortunately first aid and workplace safety is a fundamental element that is often overlooked in business. We have created an entertaining clip to push the important first aid message, giving people a bit of a laugh at the same time,” says Rebecca Buonsanto, Marketing and Communications Manager, Red Cross College.

View the animation at http://redcross.org.au/what-will-it-take-for-you-to-learn-first-aid.aspx.

*The Australian Work Health and Safety Strategy 2012-2022, Safe Work Australia.