Campaigns
North Queensland Injury prevention and Return to Work Conference 2019
The North Queensland Injury Prevention and Return to Work Conference returns to Townsville in 2019 with safety as well as return to work speakers and break-out streams.
Safe Work Month
Safe Work Month is the annual awareness month held in October that encourages all working Queenslanders to get involved in health and safety in their workplace, to help reduce death, injury and disease.
Mental Health Week 2018
Mental Health Week (6-14 October 2018) promotes the importance of mental health and wellbeing, helping to reduce the stigma associated with mental illness. Get involved and learn more about what your workplace can, and should, be doing to manage psychological illness and injury risks.
Respect the power at work and at home
Powerlines can be lethal and unforgiving. Touching them or straying into exclusion zones could severely hurt or kill you or your entire crew. The best way to stay electrically safe is to maintain the greatest possible distance from powerlines.
Agriculture safety campaign
Did you know that only 3% of Queenslanders work on farms, but more than 30% of workplace deaths happen on them?
Queensland Safe Work and Return to Work Awards
The Queensland Safe Work and Return to Work Awards recognise and reward organisations and individuals for their contribution and commitment to positive work health and safety and return to work outcomes.
Farm safety calendar competition
Show off your drawing skills and learn more about farm safety! Find out how to enter, and win some great prizes!
Health and safety ambassadors
Our safety ambassadors share their stories and increase awareness of the importance of work health and safety.
Safety advocates
Safety in the workplace is no accident! Our safety advocates increase awareness about the importance of work health and safety, highlight the personal impacts that an injury can have on workers and their families and prompt discussion about work health and safety.
Ride ready
More than 70 Queenslanders have been killed using quad bikes since 2001. The Ride ready campaign aims to reduce deaths and injuries.
The risk is real. One safety switch may not be enough.
Regardless of whether you own or rent, you should consider having safety switches installed on all circuits.
Stay safer up there, switch off down here
There are serious electrical safety risks in ceiling spaces. Whether you are a homeowner or a tradie, there is one simple thing you can do to make it safer before you go up into the ceiling space – turn off all the main power switches at the switchboard.
Child safety in home workplaces
Your home business can be as dangerous as any other workplace… how are you protecting your kids?
Musculoskeletal Disorders Symposium
The Musculoskeletal Disorder Symposium returned in 2017 with a new line up of national and international speakers addressing the latest approaches to musculoskeletal disorders.
- Last updated
- 12 December 2017
Request a free Safety advocate visit
Our advocates share their personal stories to remind workers to stop and think about workplace safety.
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