October is National Safe Work Month Safe Work Australia is the national policy agency responsible for WHS and workers’ compensation arrangements in Australia. Since 2009, they run a national campaign each October to raise awareness of WHS and provide resources for Australian workplaces to run their own events. Individuals, their families and the broader community are all impacted by work-related injury and illness. Last year in Australia, Safe Work Australia preliminary data shows that around 180 people died while doing their job. Around 107,000 people made a workers’ compensation claim for serious injury or illness in 2017-18.
FCF Fire Safety Training We have recently engaged FCF to manage our fire safety program which includes fire extinguisher placement and regular safety audits in our offices, homes and company cars. They have offered us free access to their online first response fire safety training. You can access the course here: Fire Safety Training (https:// firetrainingonline.fcfnational.com.au/courses/ fire-safety-training/). A token number is required and will be sent out through our email program.
No one should be unsafe at work and no injury or death is acceptable. There is more that we can do, and together we can make a difference. This is why, during October each year businesses, employers and workers across Australia to join National Safe Work Month and commit to building safe and healthy workplaces for all Australians. This year’s theme, Work Health and Safety through COVID-19, acknowledges and reflects the wide-reaching impacts of COVID-19 on Australian businesses, employers and workers. The National Safe Work Month theme highlights the WHS challenges, as well as the positive outcomes brought on by the pandemic and the significant role WHS plays in keeping workers safe and preventing the spread of COVID-19. 12
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