A Toolbox Talk is another term for a safety meeting. The term “Toolbox Talk” was originally used as a means to encourage building workers to have a documented regular safety meeting, the best time to do this was considered to be when they stood around...
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According to WorkSafe Victoria, the most common injuries related to manual lifting, as shown by injury claims, are:
Back (48%) — muscle strain and disc injury from lifting objects (eg, boxes, cartons, crates, bags, drums), powered tools, equipment...
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One of the most common questions I am asked regards fatigue in the workplace, at a recent training course I held for employees in the tendering department of a large construction firm a young lady revealed that at times towards the close of a tender both...
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New figures from The Cancer Council Victoria show that the number of Victorians affected by melanoma is at the highest level ever- Skin cancer has now overtaken lung cancer as the fourth most common form of the disease in Victoria according to figures...
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Article written by Grant McArthur, medical reporter and published in the Herald Sun
November 21, 2007 12:00am
THE building industry has been warned to become sun smart or face a flood of skin cancer claims similar to those over asbestos exposure.
Each...
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According to WorkSafe Victoria, the most common injuries related to manual lifting, as shown by injury claims, are:
Back (48%) — muscle strain and disc injury from lifting objects (eg, boxes, cartons, crates, bags, drums), powered tools, equipment...
Continue reading »
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