National safety standards will save lives according to SafetyQuip

Gary Shearer, founder and CEO of SafetyQuip Australia Pty Ltd , has identified the fragmentation of Australian safety laws as one of the country’s most important OH&S issues.

Mr Shearer explained that through the coordinating efforts of Julia Gillard, the Australian Government is moving towards a national approach to safety regulations. This will combine the states and territories in a workable equation, and from SafetyQuip’s point of view it can’t happen soon enough.

“One of our company's strengths is its ability to wade through Workplace Health and Safety legislation that varies profoundly state by state - and it makes us conscious of the folly of multiple, duplicative and confusing statutes.”

“Around the country, our franchisees are advising industry of their obligations and legal requirements on a daily basis because our business is all about preventing often unnecessary pain and suffering. Workplace accidents and illnesses kill and injure as many Australians every year as are killed and harmed on our roads. The media tend to place less emphasis on reporting about the ones who don’t come home from work or who will never work again. The small to medium business owner is expected to wade through mountains of compliance issues that vary state to state when all he needs is a common set of rules,” said Mr Shearer.

Mr Shearer concluded by stating that a national approach to workplace health and safety is an obvious and practical step towards protecting the lives and well being of the millions of workers in Australia.

SafetyQuip safety franchise group distributes workplace safety products and services.

The safety franchise group is actively looking for the right people to establish locally owned and operated SafetyQuip franchise businesses in Sydney, Mackay, Townsville/Cairns, Rockhampton, Tasmania, South Adelaide and South Perth.