high vis orange
The most recent upgrades now see the Strong Arm Strap manufactured in High Visibility Orange webbing to ensure alignment with other OHS initiatives. This has been welcomed by both Management and Drivers/Freight Handlers. It’s also less likely to be lost!
Additional upgrades include printing of a batch number of the label to allow [...]
One of Australia’s leading road transport companies has set a new benchmark in safety by becoming the first Australian company to introduce the Strong Arm Strap throughout their national business.
The Strong Arm Strap will be assigned to every forklift in every depot, and to every truck in their business, a total of around 600. [...]
What are the costs to employers?
Research from WorkCover Corporation demonstrates that the indirect costs of workplace injury can be estimated to be 5-10 times greater than the direct costs. These indirect costs to employers include increased insurance premiums, lost productivity, driver replacement and training, overtime, damage to vehicle and load or loss of contract/penalties for [...]
Manual tasks workshops for the road freight industry a success
Workplace Health and Safety Queensland (WHSQ) held 21 free workshops in 13 locations statewide during March and April 2009 as part of a national campaign aimed to reduce injury rates from manual tasks in the road freight transport industry.
121 businesses were represented at the workshops, with [...]
Workplace Health and Safety Queensland (WHSQ) is hosting a one day safety summit - Your industry, your safety: delivering in the supply chain on 26 May 2009 in Brisbane.
The summit will focus on working with the transport, retail and manufacturing industries in the supply chain to identify, discuss and develop solutions to address health and [...]
