Season 1
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.
The 3 lawyer amigos -Associate Professor Trajce Cvetkovski, Barrister at law Neville Weston and Longton Blackwell WHS Practice Leader Andrew Ross discuss the omnipresence (iron cage) and coverage of Australian WHS laws. It’s lively and conversational with some cultural references and guitars. We talk about WHS laws applying to a workplace which is very broad concept. Recorded at ACU at Banyo Brisbane Australia. No advice given, only perspectives. Oh and Johnny Cash gets a mention.