North West Sydney Safety Group – May 2019
North West Sydney Safety Group meeting in May 2019
Another informative interesting presentation from our speakers today. Thank you Adam O’Leary from Icare and John Rodney, Special Council from K&L Lawyers.
Adam O’Leary, Relationship Manager from Icare explained
- Who is icare and why the change from WorkCover
- The function of the icare Mobile Engagement Team
- Regional Stats – specifically from North West Sydney area
- Claims triage process, the claims model and assessing liability
- Premium drivers & incentives
- Scheme initiatives
John Rodney from K&L presented his 5 minute update which covered the latest legal decisions and the financial impact of SafeWork NSW site visits relating to scaffolding and forklifts.
Information is provided on both presentations upon request
Roxayne demonstrated the toolkit from SafeWork which has been very handy for both small and large organisation and is available directly from SafeWork NSW https://www.safework.nsw.gov.au/safety-starts-here/easywhs
Please diarise dates and venues for future meeting.
Dates
20th June – “Contractor Management from client and contractor prospective” Melissa Jimenez Venue: Zinfa Building , 8 Solent Circuit Baulkham Hills
18th July- SafeWork NSW Silica Presentation – Carl Strautins from Safe Environments
22nd August – 3 speakers discussing their Highly Dangerous worksites Venue: SafeWork NSW
19th September – Steve Perkins from Fire and Rescue to discuss emergency plans. Venue SafeWork NSW
17th October- SafeWork NSW Practical implementation of CoR with Sean Minto from Supply Chain and CoR legal requirements with John Rodney
21st November- SafeWork NSW – speaker TBA
If anyone is interested in knowing more or attending future meetings, please contact me directly