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WORKPLACE SAFETY
New workplace manslaughter laws coming into effect in Victoria on the 1st July 2020 will impact decisions made by organisational leaders now and into the future. What kinds of risks is your organisation now open to with this change in legislation, and how will you mitigate those risks?
Company directors, partnerships, and trustees may all be impacted by these incoming laws, which may
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WORKSPACE SAFETY
MARIE KINSELLA
WORKPLACE MANSLAUGHTER: LEARNING FROM THE UK EXPERIENCE
result in jail terms of up to 20 years for individuals found responsible of negligent conduct that results in a workplace death. This can include situations where a person doesn’t take reasonable action to fix a dangerous situation, and the failure of that action creates a high risk of serious injury, illness, or death.
We can learn from the United Kingdom, where similar legislation was introduced 12 years ago in the form of the Corporate Manslaughter Act (2007). Join us on 27th and 28th May at the Workplace Health & Safety Show for a seminar presented by the Victorian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (VCCI) focusing on the outcomes of the UK implementation and the key legal precedents that may guide the Australian experience.
The Workplace Health & Safety
Show is the official trade show of the #Safetyscape convention. The show features a free programme of seminars, interactive forums, and roundtable discussions allowing you to meet health and safety delegates and suppliers from across the country. 2020 is the year to make sure your organisation has the technology, equipment, and policies in place to make sure everyone gets to leave work safe and healthy.
“Lessons we can learn from the British Corporate Manslaughter experience” will be presented by Ian Wallis, Senior Work Health and Safety Consultant with the Victorian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (VCCI) at the Workplace Health & Safety Show on 27th and 28th May 2020. Entry is free.
Marie Kinsella is CEO of International Exhibition and Conference Group.
PROTECT YOUR STAFF AND MACHINERY WITH WEARGUARD™
Machine guards are crucial to ensure employee safety and equipment longevity for machinery with moving parts or sharp edges.
Cut To Size Plastics supplies tough, custom-fabricated polycarbonate Wearguard™ machine guards throughout Australian industry.
Wearguard TM machine guard benefits include: • High strength • Impact resistance • Ease-of-fabrication • Customisable to customer designs • Delivered ready to install • UV protected grade
Make sure you’re protected. Contact us today to see if Wearguard TM is right for your application.
LED BEACON IS BRIGHT CHOICE FOR HAZARDOUS AREAS
Available throughout Australia from Mechtric, the Haz Loc D2xB1LD3 LED beacon from E2S Warning Signals is billed as the brightest UL1971-compliant visual emergency signalling device from any manufacturer.
With an effective candela rating of 82.1cd under UL1971 test conditions it is ideal for use as part of a public mode fire alarm installation in hazardous areas.
The NFPA 72 compliant 20ms high-intensity pulse generates light output equivalent in perception to a traditional strobe, but with ultra-low current consumption (150mA) and low inrush. The array of high-output LEDs optimises visibility in all directions.
The D2xB1LD3 contains a supervisory diode and duplicated pluggable terminals that not only simplify installation, but also enable a four-wire connection. Multiple units will automatically synchronise when powered from the same source, removing the need for additional synchronisation modules and reducing power supply requirements.
The unit is globally approved to UL, cUL and ULC for Class I Div 2, Class II Div 2, Class I Zone 2/22 as well as IECEx and ATEX certified for Zone 2 and 22 hazardous area applications.
To create a complete audio-visual warning system the D2xB1LD3 can be paired with a D2xS1 alarm horn sounder with an audible output up to 116dB(A), 64 embedded alarm tones and four remotely selectable stages/channels to create the D2xC2LD3 combination signal. The alarm tone will also synchronise automatically on multi-unit systems where powered from the same source.
All members of the D2x family are housed in marine grade aluminium enclosures with ingress protection ratings of IP66, NEMA Type 4 and 4X.
Mechtric 1800 252 995 www.mechtric.com.au
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PALLET RACK PROTECTION SAFEGUARDS COLD STORAGE
Rack Armour reckons its high-bay racking upright protectors are ideal for use in cold stores.
Manufactured locally using the highest-quality materials, the patented Rack Armour design and unique style ensure that the protection is of the highest quality.
The company guarantees that its products will not rust or corrode, and are effective in temperatures down to -40°C.
They are ideal for protecting high-risk areas, avoiding racking repairs and costly downtime.
Rack Armour Australia 02 9722 0502 www.rackarmour.com.au
SEE-THROUGH POLYCARBONATE GUARDS IMPROVE MACHINERY SAFETY
Advances in engineering plastics are delivering new machinery and structural safeguarding benefits with lightweight and strong see-through materials such as Wearguard polycarbonates that can be used in place of metals for outstanding protection against hazards.
These transparent and tough materials - which simultaneously enable high visibility of processes while providing protection against hazards - are well suited to industrial machinery retrofits, updates and new technology installations as employers introduce advanced and often high-speed machinery to gain the benefits of digital automation initiatives under Industry 4.0. These properties make it ideal for seethrough safety and indoor and outdoor glazing and protective applications, which until recent years required the use of metal or similar material.
Wearguard is virtually unbreakable, even where exposed to robust interior industrial environments, or to exterior security or protective challenges where it may be required to resist rough weather and vandalism. Applications include: viewing and protective panels and machine guards for safety in industry; cabin panels on heavy machinery and materials handling machinery; and sight glass tubes for observation of industrial and process liquid levels.
“As the pace of industrial change accelerates, employers have a commensurate obligation to update their risk management plans in accordance with recognised safe work codes and employer duties of care,” says Laurie Green, Managing Director of Cut To Size Plastics.
These changing needs – and the seethrough protective materials applicable to them – particularly apply to industries that may be employing new technology or introducing new workplace environments centring on high-speed production, distribution and maintenance.
The environments against which employees must be protected include impact and injury hazard, moving parts and electrical, heat and chemical processes across a wide range of industries.
One of the future-focused materials from Laurie Green’s company’s global ranges of engineering plastics is Wearguard polycarbonate, which is outstanding for its impact resistance (Izod impact tested to 90kgfcm/cm) and for its shock load resistance, which is many times that of acrylic clear sheet, for example. Wearguard displays consistent high transparency – commensurate with thicknesses used – and also offers high heat resistance, with a melting point of 150°C. The material is not influenced by sudden changes in temperature and humidity, which makes it ideal for applications such as skylights, sign faces and institutional vandal-resistant glazing. It offers excellent dimensional stability and is readily machined by cutting, drilling or bending.
Cut To Size has expanded its capacity to custom-fabricate Wearguard safety and glazing products with its new Morbidelli Author M100F heavy duty CNC router and machining centre.
The machinery’s rapid working cycle times and reduction of idle times also enhance Cut To Size’s ability to cost-effectively supply high precision components from its broader ranges of versatile engineering plastics.
CHILL. WE’VE GOT YOU PROTECTED.
The A-SAFE Cold Storage range has been meticulously engineered to provide the highest levels of protection to pedestrians, assets and infrastructure. The range includes a full suite of high-performance safety products for applications within very low-temperature environments.
Food-safe, robust and effective to -30°C, Cold Storage products from A-SAFE have been purpose-designed for use in frozen food storage facilities and other challenging sub-zero environments.
