Hand Injuries
If you are in the manufacturing, wholesale, retail trade or construction industries – you are at a much higher risk of work-related hand injuries which can seriously impact your working ability. Every year in Australia, approximately 8,400 people are admitted to hospital emergency departments with hand or wrist injuries. If an injury to your hands […]
MEDICAL WORKSHOP A Rousing Success
Over the past several years, Quadrant Energy have been running an annual Medical Workshop to provide a high level of medical training to their HSE Advisors.
Does your weight affect your onsite duties?
If your weight is over 120 kilograms, there are many pieces of equipment that you will not be able to use on some sites. This includes common tools such as ladders and mobile steps, but often even the seating in plant and other equipment. Even with a less-common higher rating of 140 or 150 kilograms […]
Drug Testing What you need to know
Did you know that when a Urine Drug Screening test (UDS) indicates the presence of one or more drugs or substances in the sample, further testing is required to confirm?
CODEINE NO LONGER AVAILABLE OVER THE COUNTER
People who now test positive for an opiate due to codeine medication will now be able to more easily explain the result. And, if required, can provide evidence of their prescription
Remote Area Emergency Well Handled
Two of our wonderful nurses recently saved the day when emergency struck on a remote site in the Pilbara. Tanya Cooper and Lee Strong had been conducting a full site drug screening at a mining site 200kms inland of Newman when they got wind of a male employee undergoing a heart attack at a site […]