“Didn’t you get the memo?” – safety consequences of poor workplace communication - Lexology

“Didn’t you get the memo?” – safety consequences of poor workplace communication - Lexology: It is no secret that risks in a workplace are multiplied when different parties working together in a workplace fail to develop effective safety communication processes. This fact is recognised by the express duty to consult with other duty holders in section of 46 of the Model WHS Law.

Two recent prosecutions arising out a fall from a scaffold (Inspector Estreich v Sangari [2012] NSWIRComm 37; and Inspector Estreich v Sidaoui [2012] NSWIRComm 38) illustrate the tragic consequences of a failure of communication when it comes to work safety, and also illustrate that the steps necessary to enable “reasonably practicable” communication to occur need not be complex or expensive.

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