The new Draft ISO 45001 (building on OHSAS 18001), sets requirements for occupational health and safety (OHS) management systems. Major differences between OHSAS 18001 and the new ISO 45001 include a much stronger focus on the “context” of an organization as well as a stronger role for top management and leadership. An organization will need …
SAFE TABLETING Tablet devices like the Apple iPad, Samsung Galaxy Tab, and Amazon Kindle Fire are becoming commonplace in everyday society. Several recent studies (eg by Microsoft, the US Department of Environmental Health and the Harvard School of Public Health) have found that tablet users have a higher potential for “neck and shoulder discomfort” versus …
Schools, Early Childhood Development Centres, Kindergartens and Colleges are all workplaces. OHS laws apply. Schools (etc) have a range of health and safety risks that need to be properly managed to make them safe and healthy workplaces, and to minimise the chance of staff being injured. Victoria’s Department of Education – DET – (formerly Education and Early Childhood Development …
Maintaining and updating knowledge about hazards and changes in patterns of incidence of diseases of occupation are a continuing challenge. For outbreaks of diseases such as SARS, schools and the Department have strategies that can be enacted to quickly contain and stop the spread. Yet these types of events are uncommon. Another type of hazard which is present every …