19 September 2024 |
Campaign kitNSWM 2024 week 2 - Consultation with workers Effective consultation with workers improves decision-making about health and safety matters and assists in reducing work-related injuries and illness. Workers can identify tasks or aspects of their work that …
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19 September 2024 |
Campaign kitNSWM 2024 week 1 - Myth Busted Myth: "Young workers don’t get serious injuries at work". Fact: " in 2021-22p, young workers up to 34 years made 44,000 serious workers’ compensation claims, which was 34.4% of all serious claims for that year". Off …
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19 September 2024 |
Campaign kitNSWM 2024 week 2 - Myth Busted Myths about psychosocial hazards Workers need to be tougher Workers need to change how they react to the problem Let’s just run resilience training Fact about psychosocial hazards Psychosocial hazards can harm anyone. …
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19 September 2024 |
Campaign kitNSWM 2024 week 2 - Poor support To control the risk from poor support your workplace can: Identify what you need to do your job well and safely (e.g. having the right tools, equipment, systems and resources). Find ways of sharing information so you can …
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19 September 2024 |
Campaign kitNSWM 2024 week 2 - Identifying psychosocial hazards? Common psychosocial hazards include: high or low job demands low job control poor support lack of role clarity poor organisational change management inadequate reward and recognition poor …
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19 September 2024 |
Campaign kitNSWM 2024 week 2 - What is a psychosocial hazard? A psychosocial hazard is anything that could cause psychological harm (e.g. harm to someone’s mental health) however they can also cause physical harm. Psychosocial hazards are created by: the design or …
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19 September 2024 |
Campaign kitNSWM week 1 - Safety Spotlight You must provide your workers with information, training and instruction or supervision to help them stay safe at work. New and inexperienced workers are particularly at risk. Support your workers by: providing training to …
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19 September 2024 |
Campaign kitNSWM 2024 week 1 - Proactively managing WHS risks Worker Wednesday – Proactively managing WHS risks How can you be involved? Share your ideas on hazards and risks at work. Suggest how the risks could be controlled. Let your supervisors know if a control …
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19 September 2024 |
Campaign kitNSWM 2024 week 1 - WHS Fundamentals What are the WHS fundamentals? This week gets back to basics by unpacking the fundamentals of WHS that everyone should know. Genuinely consulting your workers Proactively managing your WHS risks Training and supporting …
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19 September 2024 |
Campaign kitNSWM 2024 week 4 - Worker Wednesday Musculoskeletal injuries (MSI) are a broad term that refers to any injury to, or disease of, the musculoskeletal system. They can include: sprains and strains of muscles, ligaments, and tendons back injuries nerve …