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UWA Safety Awards 2005 Nominations are invited for the following safety awards Group (Faculty, School, Section), Individual and Group Rehabilitation. All staff are encouraged to promote these awards within your work areas and to seek suitable nominations. Nomination to Safety and Health close on 23 September. Further details can be obtained from: http://safety.uwa.edu.au/whatsnew (July 2005) Safety Related Training
WorkSafe WA The August 2005 SafetyLine magazine is now available and includes: Good safety design (Midland Brick), manual handling in the health care industry (Joondalup Health Campus, Uniting Church Homes, Murray River Nursing Home), construction industry – new safety awareness training requirements, WorkSafe Forums held in May 2005, and general news about Codes and the Commission. http://www1.safetyline.wa.gov.au/pagebin/wswaslmg0380.htm Report Shows Importance of Safety and Health Representatives. A new report published by the UK's Health and Safety Executive (HSE) confirms a link between the appointment of safety representatives and the levels of OHS awareness and performance. The report says safety reps encourage worker participation in risk management and that consultation on OHS improves the working environment. Refer: http://www.hse.gov.uk/research/rrhtm/rr363.htm Defibrillators. The University has three semi-automatic defibrillators for use in the event of a sudden cardiac arrest. The units are located at the Medical Centre, Human Movement and Security and Parking. Around 30 staff from these areas recently received First Responder training provided by St John Ambulance. For medical and other emergencies on campus call: 2222 (internal phone),6488 2222 (external line) or 1800 655 222. In Case of an Emergency (ICE). WA Police have recently promoting the practice of storing the word " I C E " in your mobile phone address book, and against it enter the number of the person you would want to be contacted "In Case of Emergency". In an emergency situation ambulance, hospital staff or Police will then be able to quickly find out who your next of kin are and be able to contact them. For more than one contact name ICE1, ICE2, ICE3 etc. HSE Events Planning. The UK Health and Safety Executive have a dedicated web site relevant to the entertainment and leisure industry which might be of interest: http://www.hse.gov.uk/entertainment/ For free leaflets on Entertainment and Leisure see: http://www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/entindex.htm HMAS Westralia Fire Report. Australian Defence Industries (ADI) Limited was recently fined $75,000 with $23,000 in costs over its role in the 1998 fire in the HMAS Westralia engine room in which four Navy employees died of acute smoke inhalation. The fire started when flexible hoses ruptured, and one particular hose provided a source of diesel fuel to an extremely hot (at least 310 degrees) indicator cock nearby. ADI had installed the flexible hoses just weeks earlier, to replace solid metal pipes, which had a history of fuel leaks. The new hoses had been operating for less than 40 hours before the fire started. The WA State Coroner’s report is available at: http://www.navy.gov.au/publications/westraliaboi/pdf/HMAS_Westralia_Finding.pdf Safety Committee. The USC next meets on Tuesday 9 August 2005. Approved minutes from previous meetings are available from the Safety and Health website. Please click here. UWA Occupational Safety and Health Policy. The University Occupational Safety and Health policy has recently been updated. A laminated copy of the revised policy is in the process of being distributed to all areas The policy is also available on the web at http://www.safety.uwa.edu.au/policies/occupational_safety_and_health The University of Western Australia Safety and Health M450 Bus. 08 6488 3938 Fax. 08 6488 1179 Email: safety@uwa.edu.au F1139 |
