EveryBODY matters – musculoskeletal disorder (MSD) forum brings together a range of industry experts to discuss this nationally prioritised work health and safety topic.

This forum is open to anyone with an interest in making workplaces healthier and safer from a human factors and ergonomics perspective.

• Keynote on the urgent need to address psychosocial hazards in MSD prevention
• Risk management of hazardous manual tasks
• WA’s workers’ compensation and injury management scheme
• Personal impacts of chronic MSD injuries
• Manual handling risks, technology, and engagement
• MSD factors in handling patients from a health and safety representative’s perspective
• Scenarios brought to life by actors to explore organisational and personal mindsets and practices around MSD

• Keynote - Professor Jodi Oakman, School of Psychology and Public Health, La Trobe University
• Greg Borman, Director and CEO, Biosymm
• Rob Curtis, Paramedic and 2023 Health and safety representative of the year, St John Ambulance
• Sally North, WorkSafe Commissioner
• Wendy Pietrocola, Consultant Ergonomist, Ergonomica
• Sue Steel, Director, Red Earth Health Solutions
• Chris White, CEO, WorkCover WA

Conference facilitator, conversation specialist and actor Myles Pollard will MC the forum, including a discussion of two MSD scenarios titled ‘Ouch!’ performed by actors.

Take the learning beyond the podium into the breaks and connect, collaborate and share ideas with other industry professionals.

Human factors and ergonomics industry members, PCBUs, health and safety representatives, workers and other professionals who have a role or interest in health and safety and prevention in WA workplaces are encouraged to attend. 

• In-person event
• Attend online

The combination of hazards and the nature of farm work makes agriculture one of the most dangerous sectors in which to work. We bring together sector experts and WorkSafe agricultural safety inspectors to discuss priority topics and provide ideas and practical approaches for establishing good safety practices on farms.

WorkSafe Commissioner Sally North will introduce a program of topics based on the priorities in WorkSafe’s First steps to farm safety guide, including:

• Machinery guarding
• Quad bikes and side by side risk management
• Hazardous chemicals
• Electrical hazards
• Children on farms
• Safe sheds

• Tracy Blaszkow, Manager, Kidsafe WA
• Joseph Byrne, WorkSafe – Inspector, Department of Energy, Mines, Industry Regulation and Safety (DEMIRS)
• Lee Holland, AusChem Trainer
• Geoff Kennedy, WorkSafe – Senior Inspector, DEMIRS
• Sally North, WorkSafe Commissioner
• Jaime Rebelo, Director – Worksafe Industrial and Regional, DEMIRS
• Craig Sullivan, WorkSafe – Inspector, DEMIRS

Take the learning beyond the podium into the breaks and connect, collaborate and share ideas with others in the agricultural industry.

Agricultural and farm operators, health and safety representatives, statutory officers and others who have a role or interest in health and safety and the prevention of fatalities in the WA agricultural industry are encouraged to attend. 

• In-person event
• Attend online

The Slip explores work health and safety fundamentals including safety culture, psychosocial and physical hazards. With a run time of approximately three hours, this live theatre offers an immersive experience for the audience that brings the reality of safety to life.

State tour locations and dates -

• Perth – 1 October and 7 November
• Kalgoorlie – 10 October
• Geraldton – 16 October
• Bunbury – 22 October
• Karratha – 28 October
• Port Hedland – 29 October

Executives, senior leaders, health and safety representatives, supervisors and frontline workers in the WA mining industry, as well as representatives from industry associations and unions, and other mining stakeholders with an interest in health and safety.

• In-person event