Safety Hub - Workplace Health and Safety with Tony Tikiku

Communicating Safety and Gen Y with Eva Maria  Audio Podcast available at the bottom of this post or on itunes. [leadplayer_vid id=”522FE3959DD8D”] 1:04 Is Generation Y a myth? 3:58 Generation SMART 8:40 Best way to communicate health and safety with young people? 19:03 Can you be too direct? 24:30 Safety Training Options Tony: Welcome back, listeners.  […]

Asbestos  Audio Podcast available at the bottom of this post or on itunes. 2:43 What is Asbestos? 3:38 Blue, White and Brown Asbestos 3:57 Why is Asbestos rock a heath hazard? 5:04 20-30 million fibres in a short pencil line… 5:20 Which damages the lung 6:00 The fibres can not be expelled once in the lungs […]

How Large Businesses Will Improve Contractor Safety Performance  Audio Podcast available at the bottom of this post or on itunes. [leadplayer_vid id=”51D92CE1249E2″] 0:51 What is the Business Leaders’ Health and Safety Forum? 1:47  Why was it established? 5:34 How will this Supply Chain project affect me? 12:10 What are the possible measures? Quotable: “How CEO aim […]

Accident Investigation and Critical Legal Advice  Audio Podcast available at the bottom of this post or on itunes. 1:46 What should a business do following an accident? 3:01 What you legally need to report (Serious Harm) 4:06 Practical support for the employees 5:14 A communication plan is key 7:13 Lessons from Pike River Coal 10:14 What […]

Hazardous Chemical and Biological Tool  Audio Podcast available at the bottom of this post or on itunes. [leadplayer_vid id=”51C1820B8F5EB”] 0:21 The URL for the hazardous materials database 2:57 Benefits of this database Quotables: “A great online database so you can work out what could be dangerous in your workplace and your home” – Tony – Click […]

Fatigue Risk Management Solutions with Rachel Lehen  Audio Podcast available at the bottom of this post or on itunes. 0:25 Who is Rachel Lehen? 0:58 Why do businesses need to worry about fatigue? 2:20 What is fatigue? Is it the same as sleepiness or stress? 4:16 What you should do to manage fatigue 6:37 Alcohol comparison […]

Worksafe New Zealand  Audio Podcast available at the bottom of this post or on itunes. [leadplayer_vid id=”51B043A121897″] 0:14 Minister announces new agency name – Worksafe New Zealand 1:22 How will this affect your business? 2:20 How I can help you now Quotables: “…Biggest NZ Workplace Safety Change in 21 Years, and what you can do about […]

Running a Safety Management System  Audio Podcast available at the bottom of this post or on itunes. [leadplayer_vid id=”51A5D1DAECB9D”] 0:19 A Safety Management System is… 0:38 An example of a working component 3:14 The Acid Test of a working Safety Management System Quotables: “…the acid test for a working safety system” – Tony – Click to […]

Noise Induced Hearing Loss  Audio Podcast available at the bottom of this post or on itunes. [leadplayer_vid id=”51A348EE9E8A0″] 0:25 How to save money for real safety issues 0:44 When you don’t need to manage noise 2:33 Good rule to check for harmful noise levels 3:16 Actions in your workplace Quotable: “…a quick test for a harmful […]

Leadership and Workplace Safety  Audio Podcast available at the bottom of this post or on itunes. [leadplayer_vid id=”51A1B43970226″] Leadership in safety is critical to drive workplace safety improvement and we’ve talked previously about this under the blog called workplace safety model. 0:17 Who are the leaders? 0:37 The story of the senior manager 1:29 His Eureka […]

Computer Workstation and Preventing Back Pain  Audio Podcast available at the bottom of this post or on itunes. [leadplayer_vid id=”519DF942BB633″] 1:19 Why we need a plan 2:40 Types of harm from working at a computer workstation 3:18 Fixed Height Desk – start with the keyboard 3:45 Then adjusting the chair 4:16 Adjustable Desk – start with […]

Workplace Safety Model  Audio Podcast available at the bottom of this post or on itunes. [leadplayer_vid id=”519DF87075045″] Discussed in the video: 0:50 The 3 components of the model 3:01 How to use the model Tony Collins with a model to help you get your head around workplace safety. I remember in 2009, attending a workshop with […]

Workplace Safety Discounts (WSD)  Audio Podcast available at the bottom of this post or on itunes. [leadplayer_vid id=”519DF21F9B3B6″] Tony Collins here with a really positive step you can take if you are a small business owner. The ACC have a programme that will provide you a discount on your insurance levy if you can show you have a safety system in […]

Health and Safety from an HR Manager  Audio Podcast available at the bottom of this post or on itunes. Often Health and Safety is given to an HR Manager to ‘get sorted’ and just get on with the task. Tony Collins discusses with Linda Nelson Caie lessons of an HR Manager. Discussed in the podcast: 00:53  […]