Donesafe News

Top Safety painpoints reported by Donesafe clients   On a weekly basis, we speak to a HEAP of safety, quality and environment professionals all looking to solve various painpoints in their organization. While there are honestly hundreds of painpoints we hear about from these professionals, we can’t reveal them all – mainly because you simply […]

Employers are being warned that penalties handed to executives and business managers are “significantly increasing” for health and safety failures. After the very first jail sentence was announced last month, yet another has been handed down in courts. Typically jail sentences for breaches of workplace health and safety (WHS) rules had been suspended, but this […]

Donesafe exists to provide organizations with an easy to use, intelligent and efficient compliance platform. But achieving this goal as a software company is no mean feat. It takes meticulous research into our industry leading clients needs and then mapping those needs into the latest cloud based technology and feature development plans. This article is […]

Australia: Huge environmental victory as Hobart bans single use plastic   Finally, the people of earth are getting behind the environmental disaster that is one-use plastic packaging. The baby boomers of the world may remember a simpler (less damaging) time when milk was delivered to your door in reusable glass, and bottled water didn’t exist. […]

Employers are being warned of “significantly increasing” penalties for health and safety failures after an employer was given a jail sentence over a fatal workplace accident.   This is a significant case for employers as well as employees. Typically jail sentences for breaches of workplace health and safety (WHS) rules had been suspended, but this no […]

How to demonstrate the ROI of safety to the executive team When attempting to demonstrate the ROI of an effective safety management system, many EHS departments aren’t sure where to begin.  Donesafe has found that safety teams are not armed with the right tools to consistently measure EHS performance and data, or if they do […]

Employee participation in any near-miss program is vital, however it can be challenging to get workers to conform to change especially when it can be time consuming or seem unnecessary. All workers regardless of their role have a long list of tasks to complete on a daily/weekly basis, how can you make near-miss reporting quick […]

When it comes to compliance software, I think it is safe to say it is not the top priority in budget allocation across all sized organizations. But just like a CFO needs an accounting software solution to effectively operate organizational finances, safety and compliance professionals also need to leverage software to effectively create and manage […]

A successful EHS management system should appear to work like a well-oiled machine. In reality, this seamless set of complementary processes includes several distinct elements: hazard prevention, auditing, incident reporting, risk management, training, just to name a few. This post will focus specifically on the role of incident management, the steps involved in this process, […]

“Some things will never change.” When you hear this quote, usually it means bad news. Can’t teach an old dog new tricks, is another similar saying. Unfortunately, in the case of 8 of the 10 of the entries on OSHA’s 2018 top 10 Most Frequently Cited Violations list across all industries were on last year’s […]