Safe Work Month 2022

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The Western Australian government believes that every person who goes to work deserves to come home healthy and safe.  WorkSafe, part of the Department of Mines, Industry Regulation and Safety, is committed to supporting healthy and safe workplaces for the WA community, industry and the resources sector.  In October WorkSafe highlights ways you can develop and maintain healthy and safe workplaces.

This year’s Safe Work Month featured on-demand videos, podcasts and live webinars with a focus on health and safety for both the mining and petroleum industries and general workplaces.  

The theme "WHS – think physical, think psychological” is a reminder that under the Work Health and Safety (WHS) laws psychosocial is as important as physical.

On-demand videos

See presentations from safety leaders and inspectors on:

Workplace health and safety

Mines health and safety

Petroleum health and safety

Podcasts

Hear from safety leaders and inspectors on:

Workplace health and safety

  • Asbestos safety
  • Consultation: Controlling psychosocial hazards in the workplace
  • Safety champion: Safety on a family owned farm
  • Silicosis in benchtop fabrication
  • Succession plan: Using the knowledge and skills of the older generation of farmers to implement safer work practices
  • Then and now: Changes to the future in agriculture – How does the new legislation apply to you
  • What to expect when a WorkSafe inspector investigates for psychosocial hazards
  • Where are you now: Working alone or in isolation on farms

Mines health and safety

  • Gendered violence and mental health: What sites need to do and responsibilities

Safe Work Month 2022 podcasts

Webinars

During Safe Work Month 2022 WorkSafe held three webinars: 

  • Incident notification
    Learn about DMIRS' Triage function and how the Triage team are working to ensure a more effective and consistent process for prioritising and managing incoming reports.
  • Think psychological
    This webinar focuses on the risk based management of psychosocial hazards
  • Regulation WHS
    Availability of the Regulating WHS webinar is still pending.

Responses to questions asked during the webinars will be used to develop frequently asked questions that will be made available on the WorkSafe WA website. Sign up to the news alerts to be notified when this information is available.

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