Critical Safety Incidents and WHS dimensions - people get ready

In this episode we hand down our verdict on managing critical safety incidents as an employer. We discuss the compassionate management of safety incidents and the employers awareness of the communication channels to stakeholders - police, inspectors, coroner, workers, media, unions, and stockmarket. We look at the nature of WHS obligations contrasted and overlapping with negligence, workers compensation, human rights and employment law- 5 dimensions and how to converge obligations. We look at how WHS goes wrong - ‘acts or omissions’/failures. Andrew gives us some guitar strumming and Trajce has recorded our theme music. We look at multiple WHS laws in action for one incident Eg a bus crash - in Qld there 3 laws applicable. Also the fractured manslaughter map/jurisdictions in Australia. Neville notes the inconsistent exposure of project managers in the event of a fatality across different States in Australia.