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Welcome November 2009

Safety Compliance versus a Culture of Safety - are they mutually exclusive? We prefer to see a Culture of Safety as a natural progression from a compliance focus. Many companies have found that they have achieved health and safety compliance but that safety has reached a plateau and they are stuck as to where to from here. For more on this....

A Zero injury programme is primarily a risk management focus and whilst a risk management focus often generates excellent results in the short term, it doesn't reach the hearts and minds where the real results lie, creating change in the long term. Coaching in conjunction with training, must be kept simple, practical and applicable to the organisation's needs. At All About People we believe that peoples beliefs drive their behaviours and behaviours determine an organisations culture.

View our Models of Culture Safety

Contact us for more information on how we can help...or call 0800 023 789

Drowning Prevention Strategy

The Drowning Prevention Strategy's main focuses are on reducing death and injury due to drowning, and ensuring people continue to safely enjoy New Zealand's unique water environments. The Drowning Prevention Strategy's main focuses are on reducing death and injury due to drowning, and ensuring people continue to safely enjoy New Zealand's unique water environments.
Drowning is the third highest cause of unintentional death in New Zealand, with an average of 123 fatalities occurring each year. Although efforts of the water safety sector have halved the rate of drowning in the past 20 years, the fatality rate remains high. For more....

See also Water Safety New Zealand We are already at 87 drowning's this year. Statistics show drowning affects all age groups but certain groups are particularly vulnerable. Pre-school children are one group constantly at risk; tragically incidents among this group nearly always involve a lack of appropriate supervision. Among adults, men aged between 18-35 dominate statistics in this country.

Factsheet - Drink up - Dehydration in the workplace

62% of you is water so it's vital to keep hydrated, especially during summer. Not replacing the water you lose through everyday activity can cause severe health problems.
Symptoms of dehydration are thirst, a dry mouth, a rapid pulse, and feeling drowsy, disorientated and irritated. All these symptoms will affect your performance and judgement at work, especially during the hotter months.
Don't just drink water when you're thirsty - your body could already be dehydrated by then. You need to drink at regular intervals. For more....

See also Working in Hot Temperatures.....(Summer is coming ...really...)

Movember (the month formerly known as November) is a moustache growing charity event held during November each year that raises funds and awareness for men's health.

At the start of Movember guys register with a clean shaven face. The Movember participants, known as Mo Bros, have the remainder of the month to grow and groom their Mo, raising money along the way to benefit men's health - specifically prostate cancer and depression in men.

So support those mo bro's and mo sistas- for more ways on how to do this see the FAQ's on the Movember website

November is 5+ A Day™ Fruit and Vegetable Month

The objective of 5+ A Day ^TM is to encourage all New Zealanders to eat and enjoy eating 5 or more servings of fruit and vegetables every day for health, taste and variety.

For more information and Fruit and Vegetable Facts...

SunSmart Week 2009 runs from 8 to 14 November. Now is the perfect time for being SunSmart and to continue sun protection throughout the summer months.

Our high rate of skin cancer, and melanoma in particular, is disturbing, especially as most is preventable.

Over-exposure to the sun's ultraviolet radiation (UVR) is the cause of over 90% of all skin cancer - making prevention and early detection of skin cancer key health goals.

Be SunSmart "Slip, Slop, Slap and Wrap". For more information.....

Foodsafe Week -9-15 November 2009

This is the week aimed at promoting safe food practices throughout New Zealand. Foodborne illnesses increase during summer, but this can be prevented by thoroughly washing and drying your hands and handling and storing your food to prevent bugs growing and spreading.

For more information, competitions and resources.....

Urban Myth or Real story?

Babu Sassi, a fearless young man from southern India is the cult hero of Dubai's army of construction workers.

Known as the "Indian on the top of the world", Babu is the crane operator at the world's tallest building, the 819-meter Burj Dubai.

His office, the cramped crane cab perched on top of the Burj, is also his home. It takes too long to come down to the ground each day to make it worthwhile -although, when the building is completed, its elevators will be the world's fastest.

Stories about his daily dalliance with death are discussed in revered terms by Dubai's workers. Some say he has been up there for more than a year, others whisper that he's paid 30,000 dirhams ($8,168) a month compared with the average wage of 800 dirhams a month. But everyone agrees, he's worth it -because nobody else would have the courage to do the job!

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For more about the building itself....