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Companies should report near misses to bring down industrial accident rate: Zaqy Mohamad
- January 16, 2019
- Posted by: Sage Shield Safety Consultants
- Category: Singapore Safety News
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SINGAPORE – Companies need to report near misses at the workplace and encourage workers to highlight hazards, in order to reduce the number of injuries resulting from industrial accidents. Speaking at the launch of Safe Hands Campaign 2019 on Thursday (Jan 10), Minister of State for Manpower and National Development, Zaqy Mohamad, said such near-miss
Noise-induced deafness cases down as workplace injury number falls: MOM
- August 30, 2018
- Posted by: Sage Shield Safety Consultants
- Category: Singapore Safety News
SINGAPORE – The number of noise-induced deafness cases in the workplace has plunged in the first half of 2018, a change that will help retain workers, especially the good ones, said some analysts. Overall, the picture is also brightening, according to the Manpower Ministry’s preliminary figures on workplace safety for the first half of this
Dreamworld accident: Report cracks down on theme park safety
- August 22, 2017
- Posted by: Sage Shield Safety Consultants
- Category: Global Safety News
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- July 15, 2017
- Posted by: Sage Shield Safety Consultants
- Category: Global Safety News
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Queensland Clamps Down on Negligent Workplace Safety
- June 22, 2017
- Posted by: Sage Shield Safety Consultants
- Category: Global Safety News
In a recent statement, Queensland Employment Minister Grace Grace announced that the government would introduce a new offence of ‘negligence causing death’ following an interim recommendation from the Best Practice Review of Workplace Health and Safety which was established following deaths in separate incidents at Dreamworld and Eagle Park Racecourse last year. Grace says the
Safety groups: ‘Stand down’ to help protect construction workers
- April 11, 2017
- Posted by: Sage Shield Safety Consultants
- Category: Overseas Occupational Health And Safety News
Washington – Construction employers are being encouraged to stop work and talk with employees about fall hazards and prevention as part of the fourth annual National Safety Stand-Down to Prevent Falls in Construction, set to take place May 8-12. Falls are the No. 1 cause of death among construction workers, accounting for 37 percent of
Safety groups: ‘Stand down’ to help protect construction workers
- April 11, 2017
- Posted by: Sage Shield Safety Consultants
- Category: Overseas Occupational Health And Safety News
Washington – Construction employers are being encouraged to stop work and talk with employees about fall hazards and prevention as part of the fourth annual National Safety Stand-Down to Prevent Falls in Construction, set to take place May 8-12. Falls are the No. 1 cause of death among construction workers, accounting for 37 percent of
Trump signs resolution to strike down ‘Volks’ recordkeeping rule
- April 4, 2017
- Posted by: Sage Shield Safety Consultants
- Category: Overseas Occupational Health And Safety News
Washington – President Donald Trump has signed a Congressional Review Act resolution to repeal OSHA’s so-called “Volks” rule, which addressed employers’ ongoing obligation to make and maintain accurate records of work-related injury and illness data. Trump signed the measure (H.J. Res 83) into law April 4 following its passage in the House and Senate. Trump’s
Dressing down discrimination in the workplace
- February 22, 2017
- Posted by: Sage Shield Safety Consultants
- Category: Global Safety News
Published: 21 Feb 2017 Author: Antonia Blackwell Applies to: England, Wales and Scotland Dress codes can be a fertile source of discrimination in the workplace but many employers seem to be unaware of how their equality law obligations impact on appearance requirements. Background The House of Commons Petitions Committee and the Women and Equalities Committee
