Make Safety at Work Your Priority

Heatleys is proud to support National Safe Work Month this October by committing to building a safe and healthy workplace for everyone. Every worker is responsible for knowing safety to ensure that they are working safely. There are many different factors that you and your co-workers need to consider when practicing good safety measures in the workplace, such as managing risks to prevent injury, taking care of your mental health, and identifying what changes can be made to ensure a safe working environment in the future.

Managing Risks

Identifying hazards and managing risks is a keyway to eliminate or minimise potential injury in the workplace. Managing risks involves thinking about what could happen if someone is exposed to a hazard in the workplace, measuring how likely it is that incident is to occur and what measures to put in place to minimise or eliminate the risk.

Taking Care of Your Mental Health

Mental or psychological health is just as important as one’s physical health and wellbeing in the workplace. It is important to know what a psychological hazard is so it can be identified, and the associated risks managed appropriately. A psychological hazard is anything that can cause harm to one’s mental health by creating stress, anxiety, depression, post-traumatic stress disorder or sleeping disorders. Some common psychological hazards in the workplace include workplace bullying or harassment, high job demands, poor support and inadequate reward and recognition.

Changing Patterns for the Future

Australia is a world leader in work health and safety and to continue this way it is important that we constantly review safe work practices and identify different ways of working to minimise hazards and risks in the workplace. Safety in the workplace is everyone’s responsibility as everyone deserves to feel safe at work.