Collaborative effort leads to launch of Sawmill Safety Guide

MINISTER for Education and Industrial Relations Cameron Dick will launch the “Sawmilling Industry Health & Safety Guide 2011” on 18 May at Cut the Cost & Lift the Load, a seminar on workplace health, safety and workers’ compensation for the timber industry.
Rod McInnes, chief executive officer of peak industry body Timber Queensland, said both the launch of the guide and organisation of the seminar demonstrated the benefits of Government and key industry experts collaborating.
“Timber Queensland, member companies and Workplace Health & Safety Queensland (WHSQ ) worked closely to produce the Sawmilling Industry Health & Safety Guide 2011 which identifies practical ways to address workplace health and safety in these complex industrial settings,” McInnes said.
“The result is a tool that can be used by an ordinary timber industry employee to help improve health and safety in their workplace.”
The same collaborative process was applied to organising the seminar Cut the Cost & Lift the Load: WHS & Workers’ Compensation for the Timber Industry where Minister Cameron Dick will launch the guide.
Timber Queensland has joined with WHSQ, WorkCover Queensland, Q-Comp, the Chamber of Commerce and Industry Queensland and TABMA Queensland to help CEOs, managing directors, business owners, managers, workplace health and safety staff, and rehabilitation and return to work coordinators to stay abreast of current obligations and get ahead of imminent changes to workplace health and safety and workers compensation.
“Timber Queensland has been working for several months to ensure this seminar is clearly focused on timber industry requirements,” said McInnes.
“Once again working collaboratively has produced results; not only will attendees hear vital information from the speakers, they will receive a comprehensive workbook plus a CD tool kit with guides, tools, templates and useful links all focused on the timber industry, “ he said.
Cut the Cost & Lift the Load: WHS & Workers’ Compensation for the Timber Industry will be held on Wednesday (18 May) at Broncos Leagues Club, Red Hill, Brisbane . To register for the event visit http://cuthecostlifttheload.eventbrite.com/