November Meeting 2016

Date & Time: Tuesday 8 November 2016 at 12:00pm
Venue: Level 1, 333 Queen Street Melbourne (AMS Consulting Group)
Winning Formula For Return To Work
A new approach to injury management helped Yarra City Council achieve a 40% reduction in standard WorkCover claims and a WorkSafe Employer Excellence award in 2015.
Stuart Cross outlined the actions the Council took to reduce workplace injuries and assist injured workers in rehabilitation and return to work. The result in just one year was a 55% reduction in lost time days due to injuries and a 46% reduction in injury occurrence rates. It also translated into a $400,000 saving in Yarra City Council’s annual WorkCover premium.
He also discussed how the Council is maintaining these results and making further improvements to their new OHS model in relation to injury management.

About the Speaker
Before joining Yarra City Council in 2009, Stuart worked with CGU in Safety & Risk and Injury Management roles. Prior to that he was with Corporate Health Management. He studied Human Movement and Exercise Rehab at Victoria University and has an advanced diploma in OHS.

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CSG September Meeting 2016

Managing fatigue: getting it right

Speaker: Professor David Caple

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Fatigue at work can present significant risks, with fatigue management policies covered in OHS regulations and industrial agreements.
But Professor David Caple questions whether our current arrangements are dealing with it very well.
He discussed shortcomings in this area as well as looking at some less well understood implications of fatigue. He also highlighted the increase in fatigue problems with white collar workers.
David said fatigue has physical, psychological and cognitive effects which can apply in any role in the workplace. This makes it important for OHS professionals to see it not only as a safety hazard but as a wider workplace wellbeing issue.
“We don’t always appreciate the cumulative impact of fatigue, or the poor quality of sleep people are getting today. We’re now in a generation that celebrates extended work hours, lives with round the clock digital activity and sees long daily commutes as normal,” he said.
David talked about increased understanding of the psychological, emotional and cognitive cost this is having on people, as well as the impact on their physical health, and whether awareness of this should lead to changes in the workplace.

The speaker:


David Caple, who has a background as an ergonomist, has been a leading figure in occupational health and safety in Australia for many years. He has advised a wide range of businesses, industry groups and public sector organisations and worked with Australian and overseas governments on work health and safety strategy. He is an OHS consultant and Adjunct Professor, Centre for Ergonomics & Human Factors, La Trobe University.

CSG October Meeting 2016

Date & Time: Tuesday 11 October 2016 at 12:00pm
Venue: Level 1, 333 Queen Street Melbourne (AMS Consulting Group)
Safety: trade or profession?
Safety needs to be both a trade and profession, according to Leo Ruschena, who will give a lunchtime presentation on this topic to the Central Safety Group on 11 October.
He will talk about how safety education and accreditation is going through a process of major reform. This includes developing a uniform system of knowledge, accreditation of universities and certification of individuals.
This has led to some confusions and gaps, including problems with the role of TAFE in safety education and certification.
Leo will also discuss the current (controversial) move to ‘professionalise the profession’, which will require safety professionals to have accreditation the same as engineers, doctors and accountants.

About the Speaker
Leo Ruschena is former Chair, Technical Committee of the Australian OHS Education Accreditation Board. He was previously Director of Human Resources at WorkSafe Victoria and before that held senior roles in human resources and OHS with several utility companies.
He has bachelors degrees in chemical engineering and economics from the University of Queensland, a Masters in Occupational Health and Industrial Hygiene from the University of London and a Masters in Industrial and Employee Relations from Monash University.
In his current role he teaches a number of subjects in the Graduate Diploma OHS and is the co-author of WHS: A management Guide

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