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Workplace safety charge dropped after employee death
- May 7, 2018
- Posted by: Sage Shield Safety Consultants
- Category: Global Safety News
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The prosecution case against Copper Mines of Tasmania over the death of a worker at the Mount Lyell site has been dropped. Michael Welsh died at the Queenstown mine in Tasmania's west in January 2014, a month after two other workers fell to their deaths at Mount Lyell. The 53-year-old was killed when a sudden inflow
Can you go home if it gets too hot at work and what temperature does it have to be before you can leave school?
- May 7, 2018
- Posted by: Sage Shield Safety Consultants
- Category: Global Safety News
SCORCHING heat leaves many people wondering just how hot it needs to get before they can pack up work and go home for the day. But is it that simple? What are your rights when it comes to the temperature in the workplace, and what should you do if you're worried about your kids in
Singapore to host world's largest congress on workplace health and safety
- August 29, 2017
- Posted by: Sage Shield Safety Consultants
- Category: Global Safety News
Next week, Singapore will be host to the 21st World Congress on Safety and Health at Work, the world’s largest event for occupational safety and health experts. Often swept to the sidelines on the global forum, occupational safety is one of the most under-addressed issues in the working world today. “The quality of occupational health
There is an increase in workplace sexual harassment and rape …
- August 28, 2017
- Posted by: Sage Shield Safety Consultants
- Category: Global Safety News
Women continue to remain “largely oppressed and exploited”, according to the Commission for Gender Equality (CGE). The commission had observed with great interest the heightened activism in addressing gender equality by multi-sector organisations, the CGE said in a statement. “Informed by its own studies on gender transformation that looked at the mining sector, institutions of
Occupational safety, health are basic rights
- August 27, 2017
- Posted by: Sage Shield Safety Consultants
- Category: Global Safety News
Occupational safety and health should not be put on the back burner when it comes to discussing hot-button topics, because they are basic human rights. Dr Joachim Breuer, president of the International Social Security Association (ISSA), stresses: “The quality of occupational health and safety has tremendous impact on people’s lives. Prevention contributes to society as
Health and safety considerations in the workplace: an overview
- August 27, 2017
- Posted by: Sage Shield Safety Consultants
- Category: Global Safety News
Every employer has an implied duty to take reasonable care of the health and safety of employees – and to take reasonable precautionary steps to prevent injury In addition to the implied duty to take reasonable care of the health and safety of employees, there are duties arising under statute that employers should take into
Alberta conducting review of its workplace health and safety scheme
- August 26, 2017
- Posted by: Sage Shield Safety Consultants
- Category: Global Safety News
The government of Alberta is launching a review of the province’s occupational health and safety system to improve workplace safety and better protect Albertans. Alberta’s Occupational Health and Safety Act sets the minimum standards for workplace health and safety, and outlines the roles and responsibilities of employers and employees. While there have been small changes
Sapa Health & Safety Day Focuses On Workplace Safety
- August 26, 2017
- Posted by: Sage Shield Safety Consultants
- Category: Global Safety News
“The safe way is the Sapa way.” That slogan, made by Yankton Sapa employee Joe Loecker, fit into the theme of this year’s Sapa Health & Safety Day. The event, held at the NFAA Easton Yankton Archery Center Thursday, focused on the subject of safety in the workplace. Speaker and Sapa Extrusions North America vice
Invisible diseases are another obstacle for working women
- August 25, 2017
- Posted by: Sage Shield Safety Consultants
- Category: Global Safety News
PERSPECTIVE | For women like me, the stakes can be high I stared at my computer screen, trying to hold back tears. I couldn’t think of anything obvious that I did wrong, but just looking at the calendar invite for a one-on-one with my boss incited chest pain. In college, I was diagnosed with hypothyroidism, an
Commentary: Protecting what really makes US great
- August 25, 2017
- Posted by: Sage Shield Safety Consultants
- Category: Global Safety News
The U.S. government has tried for decades and with considerable success to make workplaces safer; to provide free access to research, information and guidelines to inform best practices for businesses of all sizes; and to enforce the law when unscrupulous companies put workers at risk. In a flurry of recent activity aimed at cutting the
