BACKSAFE Blog

The Backsafe team is joining forces with the Aged Care Industry Association to run online training courses for their members (non-members welcome too). Our online

Continuous Professional Development (CPD) is an essential process for healthcare professionals aiming to maintain, enhance, and expand their knowledge, skills, and competencies. This ongoing learning

Backsafe and Mindsafe are two different training programs that focus on different aspects of workplace safety. Backsafe manual handling training is designed to teach employees

How does a robust safety system and an adaptive organisational development system create durable mental health and wellbeing in an organisation?
A workplace that is safe and well managed creates a safe space for human to human respect, growth and innovation.

Within the healthcare industry, safe patient handling and patient moving risk assessment’s are critical in ensuring a safe and comfortable working environment. Conducting the correct

Under the Occupational Health and Safety Acts of our various states/territories, employers must provide and maintain, a working environment for their employees that is safe

Musculoskeletal injuries are being built up in the bodies of working people every day, one poor lift, one poor twist, backbend or sideways bend or

Poor manual handling carried out daily by 99% of your staff are recorded by authorities as musculo-skeletal disorders. These poor habits are the biggest category

When the discs of the spinal column are put under pressure from bending, twisting, reaching or jumping, they can weaken over time. The annulus, surrounding