Safety Data Sheets (SDS), formerly known as Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS), provide detailed information about the properties, handling, storage, and risks associated with chemicals or substances. These documents are crucial for workplace safety, as they offer essential guidance on how to safely manage hazardous materials. Workplaces must review Safety Data Sheets (SDS) regularly to...

Creating a safe and supportive work environment is key to employee well-being, productivity, and overall job satisfaction. Here are some key strategies for fostering such an environment: Clear Communication and Transparency Open Dialogue: Encourage employees to speak up if they have concerns, and make sure they feel heard and respected. Create channels where feedback is...

Work health and safety (WHS) data reporting is essential for tracking workplace safety, monitoring risks, and ensuring compliance with legal requirements. It involves gathering, analysing, and sharing information related to the safety and well-being of employees, as well as any incidents or hazards in the workplace. Here are some key components typically included in WHS...

Employers have specific obligations under Work Health and Safety (WHS) laws to protect workers from the health risks associated with crystalline silica exposure, including the development of silicosis. Silicosis is a serious lung disease caused by inhaling fine particles of crystalline silica dust over a prolonged period. It can result in symptoms such as coughing,...

The New Year is a great time to reflect on work health and safety, especially with the potential for workplace changes and the chance to refresh safety priorities. Here are some key health and safety considerations for starting the year off strong: Review and Update Safety Procedures Assess Risks: Take time to review any workplace...

Queensland hospitals, aged care homes and shopping centres will receive a boost to safety standards as the Palaszczuk Government updates Queensland’s mechanical services industry, which are set to take effect in the New Year. Housing and Public Works Minister Mick de Brenni said the Palaszczuk Government was continuing to provide confidence to Queensland’s built environment....

Vital Chemical Brisbane-based has switched from a paper-based HSEQ management system to cloud based software that has enabled it to realise a number of business operational improvements – including recertification to the latest Quality and Safety standards in less than six weeks. Australian owned and operated since 1977, Vital Chemical specialises in formulating novel solutions...

Another milestone for Safety for Life as Sherm Software has been in the market for six years today! Making the decision to develop a Safety software program for the Australian market was the best idea I think I’ve ever had! The idea came after my fathers death in 2010. I was sitting home alone on...

Health and safety in your workplace is an ever evolving and changing entity. The goal is to keep improving on what you do. No more “this is the way it’s always been done” attitude! Here are five essential ways to improve work health and safety in your organisation. Leadership There is nothing worse than a...

How often do you take a good hard look at your place of work and assess how safe it is? Do you walk past hazards and think “I’ll get around to doing something about that one day”? When does that day come? By walking past and ignoring that hazard, you are accepting that someone is...

We all know what Russian Roulette is: the practice of loading a bullet into one chamber of a revolver, spinning the cylinder, and then pulling the trigger while pointing the gun at one’s own head. It’s incredibly dangerous and quite frankly, reckless! But many business owners are playing Russian Roulette with their risk management and...

Since the ancient Egyptians first started using papyrus over 4,000 years ago, paper has played a humble (but critical) support role in capturing, recording and sharing human achievements. Where would great literature be without the power and might of paper? It touches our lives in so many ways every day. But our lives and the...