#oh&s

[wrenrcs]

I love obstructing walking areas in the workplace!!!!!

[vanishingsydney]

New v Old. Formerly a welded steel pipe kid's jungle gym replaced by one that's OH&S approved. Canterbury.

[legolonia]

Norm Alguy.

Where are the OH&S guys when the dreaded, telephone cord attacks?

[funnyordie]

Keep it clean

[baran0va]

[globalriskinvestigation-blog]

The Difference Between Bribery and Corruption

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[beyondmidnightconsulting]

Preventing Commuting Accidents for Shift Workers | Beyond Midnight

For many shift workers in the mining, transport, and manufacturing sectors, the most hazardous part of their roster isn't the physical labor or operating heavy machinery on site it is the drive home. After completing a grueling 12-hour shift, especially a final night rotation, an employee’s cumulative sleep debt peaks just as they get behind the wheel of their private vehicle. What many drivers fail to realize is that commuting fatigue often triggers microsleeps brief lapses of consciousness lasting from a fraction of a second up to 30 seconds—without any conscious warning.

At Beyond Midnight, our technical roster audits and risk profiling look beyond the site gate to evaluate local commuting hazards. It is a common myth that fatigue crashes only happen during long-distance regional drives; statistics show that a vast number of commuter incidents occur within the first hour of leaving work, often just minutes away from the site or the worker’s home.

To combat this silent threat, we integrate commuting safety directly into our online fatigue management training platform. This specialized fatigue management training teaches employees how to identify the subtle, early physical red flags of drowsiness and instructs them on verified, biological countermeasures to implement before starting their journey. Protecting your workforce requires a holistic safety strategy that ensures your team members don't just finish their shifts safely, but actually make it all the way home to their families.

[redgriffun]

Spoke to the manager about putting the educator with chronic knee injury in the babies room.

Manager: It was a hard choice but she was the only one* because of others work cover.

Me: what about her knee?

Manager: That's a pre existing injury.

Pause

Manager: (turning away, back to her computer) what are we doing speaking about other people?** They can speak for themselves.

*no she isn't. There's at least five other staff she could move.

**she whose management style is based on calling people in to tell them 'people are saying these things about you... '