Occupational Safety and Health Administration Logs

Why Occupational Health and Safety has become such an important part of the workplace?

Where can I find this kind of information relating to Queensland Education

Public Comments

1. I'm not sure about Queensland, but OHS is about cost savings for businesses first, humanitarian reasons second. For example, I came across this factoid once: the average chemical industry lost $26 million in compensation and other costs which is 3.6% of DuPont’s profits which would require generating $500 million more in sales (based on 5.5% net return on assets)--not an easy task! Here's another: Repetitive Stress Injuries (e.g., carpal tunnel syndrome) represent 62% all North American WC claims and results in nearly $15-20 billion in lost work time and Workers Compensation claims each year, according to OSHA/USA. Another view regards the increasing amount of workplace violence and liability employers face if such safety/security measures are ignored. In 1993 the National Safe Workplace Institute released a study showing that workplace violence costs $4.2 billion each year, estimating over 111,000 violent incidents. But employee behavior on the job is not the only behavior that costs businesses money. According to the Bureau of Justice Statistics, domestic violence causes employees to miss over 175,000 days of paid work annually—in fact, 66% of Fortune 500 senior executives said that the financial performance of their companies would benefit from addressing employee domestic violence. (See source) Then you have the negative PR when companies experience a safety incident. Bottom line: proactive OHS is good for business!
2. because it generates inome for all those little training companies that earn their money proessing 'students' through the required courses..... ok now I say processes students because they don't actually teach them anything...... if everyone who has done an ohs related course where every student actually learnt what was supposed to be taught would toss a dollar my way...... I would still be as poor as a church mouse... if you've done your green card or first aid or confined spaces course.... you know exactly what I am talking about... it is a shame that these really important things are not taught properly... but then .... fast money is the name of the game..
3. Try Google!