Reactive safety doesn't necessarily mean no safety system. More often, it means the system is no longer influencing how work is actually performed.
From 1 December 2026, Australia will move from Workplace Exposure Standards (WES) to Workplace Exposure Limits (WEL) for airborne contaminants.
If a machine has been around longer than some of your workers, it might be time for a safety review.
Summer brings long days, physical work, and challenging conditions for farm and agribusiness operations. Hot weather significantly increases safety risks, particularly heat stress, fatigue, dehydration, and reduced concentration. Under Australian Work Health and Safety (WHS) laws, farm businesses have a duty to eliminate or minimise risks to health and safety so far as reasonably practicable.
