International Women’s Day in Toowoomba
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April 2024
Queensland Women of Wells hosted a ‘Count Her In’ 2024 International Women’s Day (IWD) event in Toowoomba this March, attended by more than 60 women from the region, representing all aspects of our industry.
Quarter 2 Theme ‘Preventing Personal Injuries’
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April 2024
We launch our Q2 Theme ‘Preventing Personal Injuries’ with a reminder that we are a member-led organisation working together to prevent harm to our frontline workers. To do this, it is important that we understand hazards at site, the harm they can cause us, and how we can control them to prevent injuries to ourselves and colleagues.
Land Transport Working to Prevent Major Incidents
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April 2024
Driving is a routine activity for every sector in our industry, and one of our highest-risk undertakings. Due to a rapid increase in vehicle-related incidents industry-wide, our Land Transport Incident Review Panel (LTIRP) focussed on Safer Together programs including LUEZ (loading, unloading exclusion zones) and In-Vehicular Monitoring System (IVMS) and existing driver behaviour technologies - discussing whether these initiatives have made us safer.
Rig Site Safety in The Line of Fire
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April 2024
Line of Fire-related incidents continue as the leading injury-causing mechanism in our industry, with the nature of those incidents evolving. Australia’s energy system is changing – as our industry has expands its’ focus, the Rig Site Safety Working Group (RSSWG) took the time to consider Line of Fire incidents.
Monadelphous: Assist & Assure – Open Conversations Together Delivering Improved Safety Outcomes
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April 2024
Here’s the story of how one company is using the Assist & Assure program to effectively engage multi-disciplined teams in pre-job planning and transition to work in a way that is simple, doesn’t add unnecessary paperwork, and helps to build an engaged workforce.
Assist & Assure has All Bases Covered
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April 2024
Identified in our Strategic Plan as a high-priority program, Assist & Assure is our go-to program as we focus on growing a foundation of consistent safety behaviours across our industry, and build a strong safety culture for everyone in our industry.
New Members & SLG Appointments
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April 2024
In March, we welcome three new member companies, and have some changes to our WA/NT and Qld. Safety Leaders Groups.
Assist & Assure Now At Full Strength As We Launch e-Learn Tool
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March 2024
In our 2024-2026 Strategic Plan, Assist & Assure is identified as a high priority program for its focus on creating a safe environment for open safety conversations, ensuring that these conversations are consistent and effective, leading to improvement in safety outcomes. In response to the demand for frontline workers to have access to a concise introduction to Assist & Assure Australia-wide, we have developed a 30-minute Frontline Awareness Training e-Learn course.
AREEA Mental Health Framework & Maturity Assessment Tool
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March 2024
The Australian Resources and Energy Employer Association (AREEA) delivers superior workforce services to Australia’s resources and energy industry. They have shared with Safer Together members a Resources and Energy Industry Workforce Mental Health Framework and Mental Health Maturity Assessment Tool – the first of its kind assisting employers to measure, build and maintain mentally healthy workplaces.
Helping Hands Delivers
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March 2024
In 2023, our Associate Member, Whitehaven Coal engaged Safer Together to deliver Helping Hands workshops to workers at their Narrabri coal operations site - bringing hand safety awareness direct to the workforce. Later that year, Dr Matt Henricks (Founder and Non-Executive Director, Helping Hands) visited the Philippines; personally delivering the prosthetic hands built at the workshop.
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