myosh Webinars

Putting Safety ll into Practice

Presented by David Provan and Kym Bancroft

What’s covered? 

Safety II principles and ideas are increasingly being explored by organisations as they seek to further improve their safety performance and re-shape their safety practices and culture.  There is however some misunderstanding about what Safety II is and how it is different from our traditional ‘Safety I’ approach.

Dr David Provan will explain the key aspects of Safety II and what they mean for the way we think about managing our organisations.  There are now many organisations internationally with implementation experience of Safety II.  Urban Utilities is one of the leading organisations who has been implementing Safety II for several years.  Kym Bancroft will share their story and what they have practically done directly in relation to the key aspects presented by David.

How to Beat the Blame Culture

Presented by Anthony Gibbs (CEO, Sentis)

What’s covered? 

A key factor common in organisations with poor safety performance is a culture of blame or avoidance. In organisations with a blame-based culture, the focus is often on finding someone or something to blame when targets are not achieved or an incident occurs. This leads to worker behaviour that is fuelled by a fear of getting in trouble, creates an avoidance of responsibility and results in compliance only when workers feel they have to.

In this webinar, we’ll explore the corporate messages and leadership styles and behaviours that contribute to creating a culture of blame. We’ll share strategies and techniques that can be used to turn the tide towards a culture of ownership that leads to improved safety outcomes.

Emergency Management Planning and Returning to the Workplace

For many businesses, emergency management planning has taken a back seat due to the sudden and widespread impacts of the current pandemic.

Prior to its onset, managing Emergency Management in many facilities was a relatively straightforward task for those responsible; compliance matters were scheduled, warden numbers stable and evacuation diagrams have expiry dates to ensure their review was on time. The COVID-19 Pandemic disrupted facility managers’ plans for maintaining compliance by creating the pressing needs to relocate staff, adapt business practices and technology, and manage a building with very few occupants.

As Australia’s States and Territories progress through the stages of restrictions, how should Emergency Management be managed, and how do you plan the return of people to their workplace?

Join us for this Returning to the Workplace webinar, where you will gain practical advice on how to maintain Emergency Management Compliance taking into account reduced occupancy levels while observing social distancing and hygiene requirements.

This moderated presentation and discussion will include practical approaches, while staff remain out of the office and as they begin to return to your workplace, that will provide your building and business the flexibility needed to maintain emergency management compliance as the current situation and restrictions are eased.

Using Sport Science and Wearable Technology to Automatically (and Remotely) Reduce Injury Risks

https://myosh.com/event/using-sport-science-and-wearable-technology-to-automatically-and-remotely-reduce-injury-risks/

Presented by Scott Coleman (Managing Director, Preventure)

What’s covered?

Research has indicated that traditional approaches to safety training (including manual handling training) are ineffective at changing worker behaviour and reducing injury risks. However, the Sports Science model of using wearable technology and data analysis to identify injury risks, then providing individualised training and feedback has been proven to effectively change behaviour and reduce injury risks.

In this session, we’ll review the research and methods behind successful sports-based injury prevention programs, and demonstrate how the same methods can be used to protect workers from injury in a cost-effective and sustainable way. We’ll also explore the use of data analysis and smartphone technology to

• • identify specific injury risks for individual workers
  • identify which training modules the worker needs to complete to reduce these risks, and
  • deliver these training modules to the worker through their smartphone

Contractor Management - Your Obligations, Your Risks & The Challenges

https://myosh.com/event/contractor-management-your-obligations-your-risks-the-challenges/

Engaging contractors is essential to the operation of many businesses and can underpin the success of an organisation’s activities, business model, brand, and culture. However, these services come with inherit risks.

It is imperative that persons conducting a business or undertaking (PCBUs) and shared duty holders implement robust governance frameworks, management systems, pre-qualification processes, and compliance strategies that facilitate the successful procurement and engagement of contractors. This then enables an organisation to deliver services and business activities in a manner that aspires and aims to ensure work is undertaken without risk to health and safety.

Join us for this Contactor Management webinar, where you will gain practical advice on how to demonstrate due diligence, limit your liability, and how to recognise when it may be desirable to take greater control over a contractor’s safety arrangements.

This moderated presentation and discussion will include case studies that showcase practicable and sustainable approaches to contractor management and how this has assisted business and shared duty holders to operate safely, efficiently and with agility in today’s regulatory and economic environment.

The case studies will also cover recent learnings from sudden changes to business operations and requirements during the current COVID-19 pandemic.

 

Bureau Veritas Develop a 4 Step Methodology for Reopening Business

COVID-19 has changed businesses and will continue to change the way they operate in the coming future, even after the pandemic ends. Despite the situation being unlikely to return to ‘normal’, the priority for all businesses is to return to work as quickly as possible and with optimum health, safety and hygiene conditions for their employees and clients.

Businesses planning to restart their operations will face significant challenges to safeguard their employees and clients from health and safety risks related to the spread of COVID-19. Organisations will also need to be able to protect and build trust with their employees and clients, as well as promote transparency and credibility to the society in order to reoperate efficiently.

Bureau Veritas Australia has developed a methodology: SafeGuard Assurance Program to meet the requirements of all business sectors of the economy as they gradually reopen for business.

Understanding the Drivers of Incident Underreporting

Presented by Anthony Gibbs (CEO, Sentis)

What’s covered? 

Accurate and timely reporting of safety incidents is a crucial component of a positive safety culture. These invaluable learning opportunities allow us to adapt, make improvements and prevent future injury. Yet, recent Australian data has found that on average, 31% of incidents go unreported and in some organisations, this figure rises as high as 53%*. And it’s not just frontline workers failing to report; leaders and managers also underreport at alarming rates.

In this webinar, we’ll explore the three key drivers of underreporting and how to strategically address each one to drive improved safety outcomes, along with key takeaways to push your safety culture in a positive direction.

What is Human & Organisational Performance (HOP)?

Presented by Andy Shone

This webinar will provide an introduction to Human and Organisational Performance and the five principles.

Using a scenario, we will demonstrate how through taking an approach centred on curiosity and empathy, coupled with a desire to improve the work and not the worker, tremendous improvements can be achieved.

What are the Key Principles of Safety Differently?

Safety professionals and organisations all over the world are having conversations about Safety Differently, but what is Safety Differently, different from? What challenges is Safety Differently a response to? And what does it look like in practice?

This webinar will provide some answers to these questions through an exploration of the key principles of Safety Differently.

Workplace Hygiene Management During a Pandemic

COVID-19 has presented a series of challenges to our health, safety and business continuity. Whilst many of the recommendations  for combatting this novel coronavirus are still being  debated, the principles underpinning good workplace hygiene will still mitigate much of the risk, and provide a framework for managing this outbreak, and future pandemics.

This webinar will cover what we know about COVID-19, how long it persists in the environment, transmission, PPE, and disinfection, and will touch on wider principles which can be used to rapidly respond to future emergency situations.

Examples of best practice being employed in companies across Australia in a variety of industries will also be shared.

About Dr Taylor

Michael Taylor is a principal consultant at Greencap with an academic background in public and environmental health, microbial ecology and mycology.