Now that we seem to be getting on top of Covid 19, or learning how to live with it, industries are starting to open up again to satisfy some pent-up demand. That is great for the workforce and our economy, but many industries are finding that their old employees have gone onto other things, moved, or retired. These industries are faced with employing new people. In many cases training them or at least inducting them into their particular circumstances or equipment which may b

As usual the phone call comes in on Friday afternoon – ‘Can you help with an investigation in Mt Isa?’ ‘When?’ ‘They want you yesterday. Can you ring the contact now to organise the trip?’ So I ring the contact who is an inexperienced Safety Coordinator on a small site. The organisations Safety Manager is based in Brisbane but can’t come to the site to assist and has suggested he engage a Safety Consultant. He has done the ICAM Lead course but has only conducted a few minor i

Introduction Audits and Incident Investigations are both very important components of our safety management systems. They often relate to each other but have distinct roles. Case Study Let’s consider a common, every day situation. A manager in a national distribution business is doing a regular Safety Audit in the loading dock of a regional warehouse. She is not the Loading Dock Manager but is conducting an audit in another manager’s area as part of the organisations cross-au