Take 5 for Mental Health and the DOs & DON’Ts of language to use when asking R U OK?
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November 2021
Being able to identify when someone may not be coping, and knowing how to start a conversation with them, is often very daunting. To assist, Safer Together has developed a practical reference card with tips on how to “Step Back and Take 5 for Mental Health”.
New Video Released: Process Safety – Maintain It The Safest Way
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November 2021
Safer Together has released the latest in a series of short, animated video clips for companies to use in educating their workforce about process safety hazards and emphasise everyone’s role in keeping hazardous materials contained. Available free of charge for anyone to use, this latest 3 minute video focusses on the importance of plant and equipment maintenance – click here to watch the video.
Safer Together Office Closing Dates for Christmas and New Year Holidays
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November 2021
The Safer Together office will be closed from the end of business on 24 December 2021, and will re-open on 4 January 2022.
Beach Energy: Standardising Fitness to Work Medical Assessments
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November 2021
Here’s the story of how Beach Energy adopted and implemented Safer Together’s Fitness to Work Medical Assessment Guideline and used this as a timely opportunity to not only standardise on one medical assessment for its whole business across Australia and New Zealand, but to also align with a new industry-wide approach.
Healthy Consultation: Engaging with Stakeholders in WA/NT on Implementation of the Safer Together Fitness To Work Medical Assessment Guideline
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November 2021
More than 40 participants from 26 companies across the oil and gas industry, ranging from Operators, Contractors (large, medium and small), business partners and Health Care Providers, attended the first WA/NT Fitness To Work Medical Assessment Guideline Stakeholder Engagement Workshop held in Perth on the 18th November 2021.
Taking the Right Actions to Reduce Incidents. That’s SMART.
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November 2021
Safer Together has released a new e-learn package that provides guidance on developing SMART Actions to address the root causes of incidents through effective application of the Hierarchy of Control.
Land Transport Incident Review Panel - "Safe Loading and Load Restraint"
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October 2021
On 8th October Safer Together conducted a Land Transport Incident Review Panel (LTIRP). Delivered as a webinar, the event was attended by participants from 33 different companies around Australia that work in the oil and gas industry.
Recognition for Safer Together in IChemE Global Awards for Process Safety
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October 2021
Safer Together was recently awarded “Highly Commended” as one of the finalists in the prestigious Institute of Chemical Engineers Global Process Safety Award for the video “We All Have a Part to Play” developed by the QLD Process Safety Working Group. The IChemE Global Awards celebrate chemical, process and biochemical engineering excellence and are widely considered as the world’s most prestigious chemical engineering awards.
New Members and SLG Appointments
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October 2021
We extend a warm welcome to 3 new member companies that joined our community of safety leaders in October 2021.
Reduce Stigma Associated With Mental Health – Make It A Policy
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September 2021
With more than one half of the Australian population in lockdown and the uncertainty around both what ‘living with COVID” will look like and when we can expect life to get back to ‘normal’, our health – in particular our mental health - has never been put more to the test.
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