National Safe Work Month 2022
October is National Safe Work Month. WorkSafe ACTs theme for this year is “all workers, all workplaces”.
Workplaces can pose risks to workers and others. Whether in an office, a café, a shop or on a construction site – all workers have the right to a safe and healthy workplace.
Throughout October, we’ll be shining a light on different occupations and hazards and the risks they pose. We’ll be publishing resources, promoting events and holding ‘Safety sessions’ at different locations across Canberra, where you can come and ask one of our inspectors questions about keeping your workplaces safe and healthy.
#safeworkmonth also coincides with Mental Health Month. In week two, our specialist psychosocial inspectors will be available at Garema Place with a focus on the retail and hospitality industries. We’ll also be releasing some of the findings from a survey we commissioned about mental health in ACT workplaces.
A safe and healthy workplace benefits everyone. WorkSafe ACT calls upon businesses, employers, and workers across ACT to join us in celebrating National Safe Work Month and commit to building safe practices for all workers in all workplaces.
We’d love to see how you’re celebrating #safeworkmonth at work throughout October. Tag us on social media using the hashtags #allworkers #allworkplaces #safeworkmonth and #worksafeact
During the month, we will be issuing safety alerts and publishing digital resources including flyers, posters, and videos on work health and safety. We will also be updating our events table below.
You can keep updated on our activities by subscribing to our mailing list, just send us an email at worksafe@worksafe.act.gov.au.
Calendar of events
Date | Event | Host | Time | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
01-Oct- 2022 | Host your own safety event. We invite workplaces across the ACT to show us what health and safety looks like in your workplace. Tag us on LinkedIn to tell us what safety means to you. Use the hashtag #allworkers #allworkplaces #safeWorkMonth and #worksafeact | WorkSafe ACT | NA | Follow us on LinkedIn |
Week 1: Focus area – Hazardous chemicals. dangerous goods and substances | ||||
04-Oct-2022 | Video launch: Welding fumes | WorkSafe ACT | NA | Online |
05-Oct-2022 | Webinar on Building and working near powerlines in conjunction with the Office of the Technical Regulator (OTR) | SafeWork SA | TBC | |
06-Oct-2022 | Safety session with a focus on industries dealing with dangerous goods and substances. You can ask our inspectors about common do’s and don’ts while handling dangerous substances and hazardous chemicals. | WorkSafe ACT | 10:30am – 2pm | In-person event at Mitchell ACT |
07-Oct-2022 | Release of data snapshot on Occupational lung diseases | WorkSafe ACT | 10:30am | Online |
Week 2: Focus area – Mental health | ||||
10-Oct-2022 | 10 October is the World Mental Health Day. | |||
11-Oct-2022 | Mental Health Foundation Australia has launched National Mental Health Month 2022 Awareness Campaign. The theme of the campaign is ‘Building Resilience: Communities and Connections’. You can participate in various events being organised under this campaign. | Mental Health Foundation Australia | All month | |
12-Oct-2022 | Safety session with psychosocial inspectors. Our psychosocial inspectors will answer your queries about psychosocial risks at a workplace and how to manage them. | WorkSafe ACT | 10:30am – 2pm | In-person event at Garema Place, ACT |
13-Oct-2022 | Deputy Work Health and Safety Commissioner, Amanda Grey, will be the guest speaker at OZ help Mental Health forum. | 7am – 10.30am | ||
13-Oct-2022 | Webinar on ‘Think Psychological’ | WorkSafe WA | 12noon - 1pm | Online |
13-Oct-2022 | Release of psychosocial posters for your workplace. | WorkSafe ACT | 13 October | Online |
13-Oct-2022 | Sexual harassment: The new bar - Webinar | WorkSafe Tasmania | 12noon – 12.30pm | Online |
Week 3: Focus area – Tradies’ health, LHL & WC | ||||
18-Oct-2022 | Webinar on Before you dig Australia – Civil construction industry | SafeWork SA | TBC | |
19-Oct-2022 | Breakfast event for the ACT community. Free sausage sizzle will be served by WorkSafe ACT. Attendees will have the option to donate for either Beyond Blue or Cancer Council ACT. | WorkSafe ACT | 9am - 4pm | Bunnings Belconnen, ACT. |
19-Oct-2022 | Safety session - Tradies, labour hire licensing and workers' compensation. WorkSafe ACT inspectors will answer your queries regarding labour hire licencing, workers' compensation and WHS regulations in construction industry. | WorkSafe ACT | 9am - 4pm | Bunnings Belconnen, ACT. |
20-Oct-2022 | Construction Site Supervisor Workshop – Risk Management | SafeWork NSW | 10am – 12pm | Online |
Week 4: Focus area – Young workers | ||||
24-Oct-2022 | Launch of new Young Workers' webpage. | WorkSafe ACT | 10am | Online |
25-Oct-2022 | Work Health and Safety Commissioner, Jacqueline Agius, will be speaking at the Intelligence-Led Regulation Conference. She will be sharing her views on how WorkSafe ACT is leveraging evidence-based regulation to develop regulatory strategies & implement targeted compliance & enforcement campaigns. | 10.45am | Online | |
27-Oct-2022 | Safety session. Ask our Young Workers Inspectors about training and supervision of young workers and their rights and duties. | WorkSafe ACT | 9am - 9.30am and 12-1pm | In-person event at CIT Fyshwick, ACT |
28-Oct-2022 | Forum Reconnecting: How to successfully engage a hybrid audience | Healthier Work - ACT Government | 9.30am -12.00pm | Peninsula Room, National Museum of Australia or Online |
In addition, you can access the WorkSafe WA’s events by registering at: Safe Work Month 2022 – WorkSafe WA. By registering you will have 24/7 access to free on-demand videos and podcasts with a focus on health and safety.
Resources
 | Video: Metal welding processes The video takes us through the health effects associated with short term and long term exposure to fumes and gases released during metal welding processes. Let's learn about these hazards and how to manage them. |
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