EHAA - Safety & Health

Safety & Health SIG Coordinator
Peter McKenzie & Elizabeth Re info@envirohealthaustralia.com.au

Safety & Health is concerned with the impacts of the work environment and the management of risks to the safety and health of the individual in the workplace as well as the risks posed to the broader community

Safety & Health of the individual and the community are compromised when environmental risks are created through industrial and workplace activities. Perhaps the pre-eminent example is the threat posed by the widespread use of asbestos, from roofing and fencing materials to road base and brake liners. The threat posed to the individual is a degenerate and fatal lung disease which affects both the individual workers industries and the general members on the community in which these products were sold.

Review of the Occupational Safety and Health Act 1984