This Sunday marks the start of National Safe Work Month. This year’s theme is “for everyone’s safety, work safely”.
Times have changed since I started out in safety. All Australians have done a lot of work to make working safely second nature.
Every day it becomes more rare that I hear the optimistic “she’ll be right”, or “it’s only for a month…or two…or three” as work piles and mental health is strained ahead of Christmas. We’re starting to understand that when it comes to ensuring we return home safer and stronger – nobody needs to compromise; its a win-win.
A safe and healthy workplace benefits everyone. And it takes everyone to get it right: the small things matter – from putting up the wet floor sign, to doing a morning ergonomic check – to asking co-workers if they’re okay.
Let’s make this national safe work month our annual safety “physical and mental” check-in, so that we are prepared to take on the big pre-holiday challenges at the end of the year.
Can’t wait to collaborate with everyone in the next month to share ideas and make our workplaces a safer place. Ready?
