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Safety II is a new approach to health and safety that includes a focus on learning from what goes right, rather than just the things that go wrong. Check out these resources that introduce Safety II, and also provide questions that you can ask...
Read postThere’s usually more than one business involved in a forestry operation and a lot of the time those businesses have the ability to influence and control risk in the same areas as each other. When this happens, the responsibility to control...
Read postAll businesses have a duty of care to protect their workers from work-related health risks.Safetree has created an introductory booklet to help forestry businesses address the main work-on-health and health-on-work risks in their industry.Click...
Read postWorker participation is a key drive in the new safety legislation. Health & Safety Representatives will add a real tangible value to your company’s health & safety productivity with effective training and support.Safety ‘n Action’s Health...
Read postTips on improving safety culture See how forest owner/manager Blakely Pacific reduced injuries and boosted productivity by working on attitudes towards health and safety among its workers. Read the full case study (PDF) The Safety Culture...
Read postThe Health and Safety at Work Act 2015 (HSWA) has strengthened responsibilities for everyone in the workplace, especially those at the very top.Safetree's new booklet, How to manage Health and Safety under HSWA, gives those working in the...
Read postFind out about new 2-day H&S Rep courses available in July.Involving workers is essential to create a safe workplace. It’s also a legal requirement in the Health and Safety at Work Act. These 2-day face-to-face courses are Initial Stage 1 H&S...
Read postSafetree’s produced a resource to help manage visitor safety on forestry sites.It includes an example of a Visitor Registration Form for visitors to fill out once they have been given a safety briefing. This can be printed off, or sent to a...
Read postA new guide to monitoring health and safety performance, that FISC helped to create, has been launched. The guide includes questions and indicators that will help business managers and owners understand and track health and safety performance in...
Read post(HSWA) Reinforces the need for employers to work with their employees to ensure health and safety in the workplace.This includes taking steps to: ensure workers are engaged in deciding what health and safety issues to tackle in the workplace...
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