08 Oct Competition! – National Safe Work Month – Winner 1

We were excited to receive so many entries for our first week’s competition which was centred around Work Health and Safety Fundamentals. It was very difficult to choose a winner as there were quite a few excellent entries but there can only be one prize each week. The winning entry was submitted by Jordan T of Balaklava SA and he now has free enrolment to a BSB41419 Certificate IV in Work Health and Safety qualification.

The winning entry is:

Here at AGT Foods Australia we have three production sites in Bowmans SA, Horsham VIC and Narrabri NSW.  We are in the agricultural industry and processors and packers of pulse crops (Beans, Lentils and Peas) to name a few.

We are audited to the ISO 45001:2018 certification and take great pride in the safety and wellbeing of our employees, contractors, carriers and visitors.

Some of the fundamental elements that drive great WHS in our workplace consist of the following:

• Leadership, consultation and worker participation
  • Prestart meetings
  • Safety alerts
  • Toolbox meetings
• Hazard identification and assessment of risks
  • Risk assessing
  • SWMS
  • Safe work procedures
• Training, competency and awareness
  • Isolation – Lock Out Tag Out
  • Hazardous manual tasks
  • PPE
  • Permit to work
  • Emergency preparedness and response
• Performance evaluation
  • Health monitoring, measurement and analysis
  • Internal (and external) auditing
  • Management review
  • Incident management, corrective action and continual improvement

So, remember this week’s competition is on the subject of Psychosocial Hazards;

Psychosocial Hazards are broadly defined as those things that cause stress in the workplace, Bullying, Hazing and Discrimination are only 3 examples we can all relate to. This type of Hazard includes the things that are not Chemical, Biological or Physical (the 3 categories of occupational hazard). Psychosocial Hazards can have dire consequences including (but not limited to) depression, psychiatric disorders, workplace violence and suicide. As much as we would all like to see this type of hazard removed in its entirety it is common to find it in many industry segments. We would like to read of an experience you have had where this has been managed poorly and please, no names of individuals or companies.

So get your entry in and share your story with the WHS world, You have until this Friday the 11th to submit your story. All you need to do is email your experience to [email protected]. Please put your name and suburb you live in, plus the theme you are entering for.

You may just save a life and win yourself a free WHS qualification.