WorkSafe Western Australia has urged employers and workers to take part in events to mark Safe Work Month this October.
In a statement, the Agency said the month’s theme, Make a Difference — Speak Up About Health and Safety, was a reminder that everybody had a responsibility to look out for one another and to speak up if an incident or hazard was seen.
“Last year’s Safe Work Month was a virtual event due to COVID-19 and the on-demand videos and live webinars offered last year proved so popular they are being offered again this year,” it said.
“The on-demand videos will focus on health and safety for both mining and general workplaces, with a significant spotlight on the implementation of the Work Health and Safety Act 2020.”
The Agency said the video topics included mental health in the workplace, manual task safety, reporting violence and aggression, exploration safety, health and hygiene management and setting the standard with underground mining ventilation.
It said live webinars focused on work health and safety laws and allowed questions to be asked of the WorkSafe Western Australia Commissioner and WorkSafe Mines and Petroleum Inspectors.
Minister for Industrial Relations, Stephen Dawson encouraged anyone with an interest in workplace safety and health to register now to be given 24-hour access to Safe Work Month resources.
“The health and safety of Western Australian workers remains a high priority for the State Government, as is the updating of WA’s outdated workplace safety and health laws,” Mr Dawson said.
“Workplace health and safety is everybody’s business,” he said.
