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I have been humiliated many, many times over my 60+ years, but rarely at work. The last time was when a manager discussed my competence in my occupational health and safety (OHS) adviser’s job in front of my colleagues. I came to a workable relationship with him, but I have never forgotten. It pushed me … href="https://safetyatworkblog.com/2025/12/16/when-certificates-trump-c...
You should have heard by now that Safe Work Australia (SWA) has come through with guidance on having work-related suicides included in each jurisdiction’s occupational health and safety (OHS) legislation as incidents that will require notification to the local OHS regulator. If you haven’t, get a new OHS or Human Resources (HR) adviser because the … href="https://safetyatwork...
In 2017, I had the privilege of spending several hours with Sidney Dekker discussing his perspective on workplace health and safety. Recently, I summarised those interviews into three short podcasts at https://soundcloud.com/safetyatworkblog and https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/safetyatworkblog/id1295511407 The original interview audio is also available at that site if you ...
In 2021, Safe Work Australia released a model Code of Practice (CoP) for Working in Extreme Heat. The latest iteration of that code was released by the Australian Capital Territory on November 7, 2025. It is greatly expanded and much clearer on the prevention and management of exposures. When companies are claiming “best practice” safety, … href="https://safetyatworkblog.com/...
In the landscape of occupational health and safety (OHS), executive leadership is often framed through the lens of compliance. However, as I and others have long argued, the law is the minimum; leadership must aim higher. Across hundreds of SafetyAtWorkBlog articles, a consistent theme emerges – safety leadership must evolve from bureaucratic oversight to moral … href="https:...
