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.

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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?

Time flies when you are having fun. We are at that time again to clear out the warehouse before the EOFY stocktake. 

Therefore our complete range of Justrite Dangerous Goods Storage Cabinets have been further discounted.

Discounts include our range of Flammable, Corrosive, Pesticide, Oxidising Agents and Toxic storage cabinets.

• Justrite – The best in the business, in the world
• FREE SHIPPING to Sydney, Perth, Melbourne and Brisbane** 
• Discounts end 30/6/12

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BIG Safety is offering free Hard Hat printing set up for a two colour print when you get 20 printed hard hats.

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.

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

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

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Time flies when you are having fun. We are at that time again to clear out the warehouse before the EOFY stocktake.

Therefore our complete range of Speakman Safety Showers, face & eye wash units are discounted.

• Speakman – The best in the business, in the world
• FREE SHIPPING to Sydney, Perth, Melbourne and Brisbane 
• Here is a video on the Speakman Safety showers who have been manufacturing since 1869. http://www.bigsafety.com.au/blog/safety-equipment/emergency-deluge-safety-showers-and-eye-washes-explained
• Discounts end 30/6/12

Click here to check out the savings:-

http://www.bigsafety.com.au/category8_1.htm

Click here for the flyer to give to your boss :-

http://www.bigsafety.com.au/files/showerandcabinetpromo.pdf

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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

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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.

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Here is a quick video to show how the Pad printing is completed.

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Hello, Earthlings. Everyone knows I am Safety S.A.L.

(Safety Aware Lifeform) from the planet Camino.

First Aid Tailor Made in Dural is, like, so privileged to have me as its exclusive P.P.E. supermodel.

I, like, don’t get out of bed unless I’m wearing my 100% cotton hard hat brim from Big Safety because, like me, it’s soooo cool.

Has anyone seen my, like, P.A.?

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