DID YOU MISS SAFE WORK MONTH 2023?

WorkSafe’s theme for Safe Work Month last year was Our way forward: Prioritising healthy and safe workplaces.

Through October, WorkSafe offered three hybrid forums to allow participants to hear from a range of professionals, leaders and inspectors on important topics around prioritising healthy and safe workplaces.

Each forum was registered at full capacity, with a total of 2,639 in-person and online registrations.

Breathe easy: Occupational health and hygiene forum at Optus Stadium in Perth

With respiratory hazards an area of focus for WorkSafe, this forum brought together industry experts to discuss air quality and ventilation, silica, asbestos, radiation, and issues around inhalable toxins that can affect workplace health and safety.

Psychosocial hazards forum at Optus Stadium in Perth

Psychosocial hazards are a key factor in health and safety in the workplace and this is recognised in the Work health and safety (WHS) laws. This forum was planned to coincide with Mental Health Week, bringing together industry experts to discuss topics around mental health and psychosocial hazards that can affect worker health and safety.

Sowing the safety seeds: Agricultural safety forum at Bunbury Mantra

The health and safety of workers in the agricultural industry is extremely important to WorkSafe, as evidenced by the recent comprehensive independent Inquiry into Safety in the Agricultural Industry. This forum featured field experts presenting on key topics, including understanding WHS laws, electrical safety, psychosocial hazards in the sector and the safe handling and storage of chemicals.

Resources

You can still access videos and slides from all the presentations shared across the three 2023 Safe Work Month forums.

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