Every week my search company sends me a report on the searches conducted on this site (Privacy: I only know what the search is, and have no idea who sent it).

I then sort out the most relevant searches and compile them below. This is regularly updates, so if your search doesn't work, come back to this page in a week or two's time afterwards and you may find the answer.

If you wish to find any information regarding bullying - or occupational health & safety - that you can't readily find on this site conduct a search or send me an email and ask me. I check and answer email daily.

OH&S news (including bullying) can be found on the companion site to this one - OHS database. The news page can be found at: http://www.sangrea.net/ohs_dbase/db_about.htm.

7 May 2003

"bullying posters" and "bullying pictures" - free large size bullying pictures/posters:

Due to popular demand, there is now a specialist bullying picture page, where new images will be shown.

If you would like me to make a bullying image for you, feel free to contact me.

As well, your union may be able to supply anti-bullying posters. The Australian Psychological Society also supplies anti-bullying posters.

2 April 2003

"bullying senarios" - see link (also in links page) to this forum - Workplace bullies: What should be done with them?

"negligence" - see Qld Legal Aid

"why do people bully?" - try these links: Kids Help, Chicago Parent, Bully Online

20 March 2003

"kidney belts" (protects organs from falls and cold on motor bikes - Google search)

"bully types" - the following links show that there are various different types of bullies and they can be categorised in different ways: Sturt Uni, EiroOnline, Newman

13 March 2003

"nsw construction safety act regulations" - the Construction Safety Regulation 1950 was repealed on September 2001 with the advent of the OHS Regulation 2001, with Chapter 8 covering the construction industry. Other issues that concern construction workers such as working at heights (clause 56) are covered in other parts of the Regulation.

"pictures of bullying" - go to Google image search and type in bullying. You may need to sift though a lot of logos and diagrams. You do need to keep copyright issues in mind.
To purchase pictures, search for stock photography in your favourite search engine.
The following links lead you to some royalty-free bullying sketches . Pic1 | Pic2. To save just right-click the links and choose "Save Target As".

6 March 2003

"eye wash bath" - often risk assessment. May be specific provisions in some Codes of Practice (eg. hazardous substances). Some useful links:
   a. Eye Injuries (Safetyline WA - PDF file)
   b. various substance injuries to eyes (Google search results)
   c. Guidelines - Eye Injury Prevention (Swan council, WA - example of policy - PDF file)

"jack stands" - Example safe work procedures (NOHSC); Car Jack Fatalities (NOHSC)

"nsw construction safety act regulations" - repealed, see OHS Act 2000 and OHS Regulation 2001

"safety equipment" - see Machinery / Plant in OHS Database

"safety showers" - see codes of practice in Amenities in OHS Database

"legal cases" - go to Austlii database and conduct case name search, perhaps searching on the "any of these words" option. Note: due to privacy laws I cannot legally put cases on this site. Austlii is configured so that search engines cannot index it.

"ohs policy" - try Six Steps to OH&S (PDF file - WorkCover NSW - I used this as a template to write my organisation's OHS policy. Remember to change the old reference to OHS Act 1983 to OHS Act 2000) or Workplace Safety Kit

2 March 2003

"dangerous goods signs", "danger tags" - Answer: Classes of DGs, Purchasing safety signs

"industrial relations act" - Answer: Link to NSW Industrial Relations Act 1996

"isolation procedures", "lockout" - Answer: Example on CSIRO site

"regulation 1996" - these have been superseded by the Regulation 2001. Access the old Regs here

"tagout training" - see these links OJ Holdings, Seton - certainly not conclusive (and comes with no recommendation or endorsement, etc etc)

"what happens to bully victims" - I never refer to recipients of bullying as "victims" because to think of yourself as a victim is to disempower yourself, and if you're being bullied you're being disempowered enough without helping the bully along.

The answer, of course, varies. Here are some case histories. In the end one would like to think that a person would use the multitude of information on the internet (including this site) to resolve the problem, if resolvable.

The most intractable cases are, arguably, those with heavy financial commitments who work for a small business in a high unemployment area, especially in small towns where everyone knows everyone else and making official complaints means being blackballed by virtually every employer in the areas.

21 September 2002

Overwork and workplace stress: A client recently asked me about overwork and stress and stated that the problem had been raised with the employer, who was unresponsive.
So I sent the client information and some stress & overwork resources on the web, which you may find useful.

30 May 2002

"bullying statistics"

• Analysis of Mental Disorder claims (WorkCover NSW)
• ODEOPE 2000 (re: harassment complains in NSW public service)
• Statistics on violence (ANU)
• Kids Help Line
• Google Directory - School violence studies, reports & statistics (USA)

ACIRRT (Australian Centre for Industrial Relations Research and Training) may also be able to provide help with statistics.