Welcome to our Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) page. This is where we will include the answers to some of the most common questions asked from our 10 years experience in Making Safety Easy.
I hope you find the information useful, or feel free to ask for more information if one of our answers does not answer your question.
You can’t manage want you don’t measure.
We have heard it many times before. But is your workplace running the numbers. Do they know what the critical numbers are, what the trends are, are they using the numbers to improve H&S in the workplace. Figures released in Singapore by Workplace Safety and Health (WSH) Statistics Report 2011 issued by the WSH Council and the Ministry of Manpower (MOM) track that there has been an 11% increase in workplace fataliaties from 2010 compared to this 2011. This has been an increase of 6 extra workers deaths.
The majority of these deaths came from slip, trips and falls from height. 22 % of these incidents was born by the Construction industry.
As a result of this and other injuries there was an increase of 6% in lost time injuries, which if you are managing a business it will be straghtforward to equate what this LTI means to your bottom line. Therefore it is easy to demonstrate to the approving authorities what a small investment in the right personal protective and safety equipment could save in terms of LTI.
So the way I see it, improving safety is a straightforward simple process:-
1. Figure out what your KPI’s are for your company. Number of Days since last accident, LTI’s this month, Near misses this month, Number of incidents in a category falls, hand injuries, eye injuries, No of safety breach notices. I understand collecting data is not easy, however having a system/process in place to capture data makes the practice a whole lot easier.
2. Do a monthly review of data by graphing the results and determine focus of improvement for the following month.
3. Implement monthly initiatives to keep the focus on safety moving on different elements of your business. It will keep safety foremost in peoples mind and it is continual improvment in developing safe work practices. Would a lead hook or lead stand eliminate 20% of your trip hazards and what is this worth to your organisation?
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That is a saving of up to $160. Printed Hard Hats have never been more affordable.
Therefore you could have your own branded hard hats from $14.25 inc GST per hardhat (1 colour print). $14.90 inc GST for a two colour logo.
You will never have to pay a repeat setup charge for future print jobs.
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Check out how our Pad Printed Hardhats are completed with this quick vid on youtube.
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Additional colours in your logo are charged at $65 a colour setup fee.
Freight to NSW clients is $9.90 or $16.50 for the rest of Australia.
Free two colour setup offer is only valid for orders placed before 30 Jun 2012
There is a lot of confusion around the life span of hard hats, or when a hard hat needs to be replaced. Hopefully this excerpt below from Standards Australia will help clarify the requirements for you.
Hard hats do not have an expiry date at the point of manufacture. AS1800:1998 states:-
At the time of issue to the wearer, the helmet should be marked with the issue date.
Field tests have shown that generally , helmet shells have a life of at least 3 years from the time of issue. Components of harnesses may deteriorate more rapidly in service and harnesses should, therefore, be replaced at intervals not longer than 2 years.
For helmets that are used infrequently and stored away from sunlight, dirt and temperature extremes, this guideline/recommendation may not be applicable. The user should examine the helmet regularly and discard if any damage is evident.
Extract of Australian Standard AS1800:1998
On behalf of the team at BIG Safety we wish all of our clients and guests the very best for this Christmas season.
BIG Safety customer service will be closed from the 23 Dec – 8 Jan 2012.
Orders can still be placed online, by fax or email during this time and they will be processed commencing Monday 9 Jan 2012.
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year.
If you are looking to toughen up your corporate image or look professional on the worksite then Hard Hats with your company logo could be for you. BIG Safety can print up to five colour logos on all four sides of the hard hat.
Here is a quick video to show how the Pad printing is completed.
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Hendra virus is a public health concern and can create substantial workplace health and safety issues. It requires careful management.
There are several steps you should take while you are waiting for veterinary confirmation of Hendra virus:
Ask your veterinarian for help with putting on, taking off and safe disposal of PPE. Ensure P2 masks are fitted correctly to reduce your risk of infection.
The above information has been taken from Department of Primary Industries Website :- http://new.dpi.vic.gov.au/agriculture/pests-diseases-and-weeds/animal-diseases/horses/hendra-virus . The links have been added to enable customers to view the products on the BIG Safety website.
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In September 1994, a prominent Queensland horse trainer Mr Vic Rail, his stablehand, and most of his horses fell ill to a sudden and mysterious illness.
Within several days, the trainer and 14 horses were dead.
As the Queensland Department of Primary Industries (QDPI) collected specimens from affected race horses and submitted them for testing at CSIRO’s Australian Animal Health Laboratory (AAHL) in Geelong, Victoria, newspapers ran with headlines like ‘Death virus cancels races, threatens Cup’.
AAHL’s diagnostic team isolated and identified what proved to be a new virus that had not been reported anywhere else in the world.
Researchers initially named it equine morbillivirus, however, further genetic analysis showed that the most appropriate classification of the virus was as a new genus within the Paramyxoviridae family.
The name Hendra is now used, after the name of the Brisbane suburb in which the outbreak occurred.
The strength of AAHL’s capabilities was clearly demonstrated by the manner in which the infectious agent was isolated, the disease reproduced in horses and the virus eventually identified using electron microscopy and gene sequence analysis.
With the cause of the disease outbreak known, AAHL researchers developed diagnostic tests.
QDPI, Queensland Health and AAHL tested more than 2 500 horse samples and 150 human samples, not finding any new cases.
In the last 17 years, seven people have been confirmed to have been infected with Hendra virus, four of whom have died as a result of the disease.
In addition to the initial case in 1994, a farmer from Mackay died in 1995 and two Queensland vets passed away in separate incidents in 2008 and 2009.
There have also been 14 clusters of Hendra virus infection recorded in horses since the virus was first identified.
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BIG Safety is offering free Hard Hat printing set up for up to five colours when you get 20 printed hard hats.
That is a saving of up to $450. Printed Hard Hats have never been more affordable.
You will never have to pay a repeat setup charge for future print jobs.
So get in quick and toughen up your corporate image with printed hard hats for the price of a Hard Hat.
Check out how our Pad Printed Hardhats are completed with this quick vid on youtube.
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Here is our glossy brochure for your bosses desk when you tell him to Toughen up…… his corporate image. http://www.bigsafety.com.au/files/printedhardhatpromo.pdf
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