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It’s a better business practice, it offers a good return on investment, provides greater security for employees and their families and a safer society for everyone. And it’s never been easier or more affordable to buy 5-star rated vehicles for your fleet.

After someone gets seriously injured at work, everything changes. So many people's lives are affected when somebody gets hurt.

That’s what happened after Nigel Smith got caught in the conveyor at a steel tube mill.

In this podcast, the former Paralympian returns to the steel tube mill where he lost his leg 22 years ago.

The Better Work Tasmania website was launched in April 2015. It is an online resource for sharing ideas, and helps Tasmanian businesses of all sizes to network and learn about work health and safety.

The supervisors or managers of young workers have the greatest influence on their attitude to work safety.

Listen to this podcast to hear two young workers going about their day’s work, and how their interactions with their supervisors can have such an effect on the outcome – for good or bad.

In this presentation, Paul Cook from WorleyParsons explains the five pillars of its safety program and what the organisation has been doing in implementing activities around each of the five pillars:

One worker paid a serious penalty when he fell through a gap, or ‘void’, on a construction site. This video reminds us of the hazards and gives some simple steps to control them.

Two senior leaders from the Bureau of Meteorology discuss how they manage these risks and avoid complacency. They also talk about the challenges and opportunities which supply chain relationships offer to help improve work health and safety – by what they leave behind after the job is done, as well as how work is managed during the project.

Three leaders – a union leader, an academic and a business leader – explore the challenges and opportunities supply chains present for protecting and improving workers’ health and safety.

This seminar discusses the role of the union movement in helping raise awareness and create sustainable change. It suggests practical ways to use supply chains effectively to protect the health and safety of workers.

The seminar emphasises the importance of consultation and cooperation and explains how supply chain relationships can be used to improve workers’ health and safety.

This podcast discusses a risk management approach to preventing musculoskeletal injuries in the workplace. Featuring a hospital, a fine art restoration service, and an artisan bakery, this podcast shows how risk management and the hierarchy of controls can be used to protect workers’ health and safety.

Anita Johnston, the national Human Resources Manager of Vac Group, provides practical guidance on return to work practice that benefits both workers and business. Anita discusses effective return to work environments and practical strategies to reduce lost time and suitable duties durations, strengthen stakeholder relationships, and improve medical, psychological, social and financial outcomes.