<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[Safety Jon]]></title><description><![CDATA[Empowering safety and leadership in high-risk industries.]]></description><link>https://www.safetyjon.com.au/blog</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Tue, 15 Sep 2026 08:09:04 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://www.safetyjon.com.au/zh/blog-feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[One gate, two companies and a $420,000 lesson in WHS responsibility]]></title><description><![CDATA[An 800 kg gate fell after damaged powered gates were operated manually for 21 months. The SMB sentencing decision examines concurrent company duties, officer due diligence and the controls that should have stopped the incident.]]></description><link>https://www.safetyjon.com.au/post/smb-industrial-gate-safety-whs-duties</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6aa140d2df2d85bc96e8046e</guid><category><![CDATA[Incident Insights]]></category><category><![CDATA[Regulatory Updates]]></category><pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2026 12:04:17 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/01bdba_f9059590251b4cfd93848af66fcc2123~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Safety Jon</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Greta Bus Crash: Criminal Charges Yes, But There is More to Learn]]></title><description><![CDATA[The driver was held accountable, but he was not the whole safety system. The Greta bus crash exposes what happens when warning information fails to change operational decisions.]]></description><link>https://www.safetyjon.com.au/post/greta-bus-crash-safety-failures</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a9e4e39cd0b6c849afb0a3e</guid><category><![CDATA[Incident Insights]]></category><category><![CDATA[Road and Transport Safety]]></category><pubDate>Mon, 07 Sep 2026 06:33:23 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/01bdba_66eeb5bbc1874e0599821803cfa00e4f~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_900,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Safety Jon</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[HMAS Voyager: When Assumed Control Becomes the Hazard]]></title><description><![CDATA[HMAS Voyager turned across the path of HMAS Melbourne during night flying exercises on 10 Feb 64. Eighty-two people died, leaving a lasting lesson about positive control, authority gradients and the danger of waiting for someone else to intervene.]]></description><link>https://www.safetyjon.com.au/post/hmas-voyager-positive-control-safety-lessons</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a9551e97732ad434c9ee51d</guid><category><![CDATA[Incident Insights]]></category><category><![CDATA[Emergency Preparedness]]></category><pubDate>Mon, 31 Aug 2026 10:30:29 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/01bdba_df1b1b829e054590af2525e4f5674379~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_639,h_480,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Safety Jon</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[“It Is Not Against the Law to Injure People”]]></title><description><![CDATA[“It is not against the law to injure people.” It sounded absurd when I first heard it at inspector school. Then I understood the point: WHS and OHS legislation generally regulates duties, risks and breaches, not simply injury outcomes.]]></description><link>https://www.safetyjon.com.au/post/whs-offences-without-injury</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a8d339811158dbd06d2d233</guid><category><![CDATA[Workplace Safety]]></category><category><![CDATA[Safety Leadership]]></category><pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2026 07:42:21 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/01bdba_8d8c6080201f406a87b8ab2a4c69dcb6~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Safety Jon</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Safety Consultant Missed It. So Did the Supervisor. The Conveyor Remained Unguarded.]]></title><description><![CDATA[Painting and Blasting Industries had procedures, inspections and an external WHS consultant, but an unguarded conveyor remained accessible to workers. The NSW Industrial Court decision provides a strong lesson about guarding, isolation and whether safety audits are actually finding critical hazards.]]></description><link>https://www.safetyjon.com.au/post/a-safety-consultant-missed-it-so-did-the-supervisor-the-conveyor-remained-unguarded</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a755af32dc76a37da3cb1b0</guid><category><![CDATA[Incident Insights]]></category><pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2026 05:53:18 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9b9cf209fa2241e9b8336a327e672cc0.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Safety Jon</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Hazard Was Already Known: What a $90,000 Asbestos Fine Says About Registers, Stickers and What Happens Next]]></title><description><![CDATA[A $90,000 asbestos prosecution shows why identifying ACM is only the start. From a supermarket cleaner’s room to Defence facilities covered in asbestos warning stickers, the real test is whether hazard information changes the work before somebody drills, cuts or demolishes the material.]]></description><link>https://www.safetyjon.com.au/post/the-hazard-was-already-known-what-a-90-000-asbestos-fine-says-about-registers-stickers-and-what-h</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a8c370bfe6fd82d150964df</guid><category><![CDATA[Incident Insights]]></category><category><![CDATA[Workplace Safety]]></category><category><![CDATA[Personal Stories]]></category><pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2026 05:50:14 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/01bdba_1dedc07f8b47407baa7734d7514f72cb~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_800,h_600,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Safety Jon</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Off Course Before the Rock: What Costa Concordia Still Teaches Us About Safety]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Costa Concordia disaster was more than one captain’s failure. It exposed weaknesses in deviation control, authority, emergency response, passenger preparation and post-incident care. I also draw on my own experience surviving a fatal boat accident and the safety lessons that stayed with me.]]></description><link>https://www.safetyjon.com.au/post/costa-concordia-safety-lessons</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a8ce90aad26732f5ff06dc9</guid><category><![CDATA[Incident Insights]]></category><category><![CDATA[Personal Stories]]></category><category><![CDATA[Emergency Preparedness]]></category><pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2026 01:22:02 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/01bdba_6ed33c76cc534a4b8790fd5ca706fa53~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_960,h_610,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Safety Jon</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Regulator Has Already Told You... What an Overdue Improvement Notice Says About Leadership]]></title><description><![CDATA[Chemical Solutions was fined after failing to fully comply with an improvement notice by its due date. The bigger question for leaders is how a statutory regulatory action can remain overdue without triggering ownership, verification and escalation.]]></description><link>https://www.safetyjon.com.au/post/improvement-notice-compliance-leadership</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a8c1acf2f1065208f2d9281</guid><category><![CDATA[Incident Insights]]></category><category><![CDATA[Personal Stories]]></category><category><![CDATA[Workplace Safety]]></category><category><![CDATA[Safety Leadership]]></category><pubDate>Mon, 24 Aug 2026 10:46:35 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/nsplsh_4b065290d1ce4fefa76716516fe4fdcc~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Safety Jon</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The brake alarm was disabled. The maintenance system knew.]]></title><description><![CDATA[A prime mover and trailer travelled approximately 140 metres through fences, across a road and into neighbouring businesses. The driver forgot the park brake, but the organisation’s maintenance system had already been warned twice that the audible safety control was disabled.]]></description><link>https://www.safetyjon.com.au/post/the-brake-alarm-was-disabled-the-maintenance-system-knew</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a7d4461f1f88bc38bdf8979</guid><category><![CDATA[Incident Insights]]></category><category><![CDATA[Road and Transport Safety]]></category><pubDate>Thu, 13 Aug 2026 04:25:03 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/8a7fb6739a7c47308479319c1774e32c.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Safety Jon</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[It Passed Scrutineering. The Fire Did Not Care.]]></title><description><![CDATA[Gerald Hoekstra and Ede Taric survived the initial Rainbow Desert Enduro collision, but not the fire that followed. The coronial findings expose how compliant equipment, unverified escape arrangements and inadequate fire suppression failed when they were needed most.]]></description><link>https://www.safetyjon.com.au/post/it-passed-scrutineering-the-fire-did-not-care</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a7d369ef1f88bc38bdf6a52</guid><category><![CDATA[Incident Insights]]></category><pubDate>Thu, 13 Aug 2026 03:35:13 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/nsplsh_677335795454666c555441~mv2_d_3317_2211_s_2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Safety Jon</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Five metres was never an exclusion zone]]></title><description><![CDATA[A man was fatally struck by metal debris ejected from a tractor-mounted slasher while standing approximately five metres away. The contractor knew the risk and had documented a 30 metre exclusion zone, but the work continued.
]]></description><link>https://www.safetyjon.com.au/post/five-metres-was-never-an-exclusion-zone</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a7d32b6f1f88bc38bdf6215</guid><category><![CDATA[Incident Insights]]></category><category><![CDATA[Workplace Safety]]></category><pubDate>Thu, 13 Aug 2026 03:08:49 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/01bdba_4b79ef2c090845d98e605801f9bfccdc~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_800,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Safety Jon</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Excavation Was Already Failing]]></title><description><![CDATA[A 20-year-old engineering student suffered serious spinal injuries after unstable ground gave way beneath her at the edge of a three-metre excavation. The excavation was already showing signs of failure, yet work continued without battering, fencing or effective edge protection.]]></description><link>https://www.safetyjon.com.au/post/the-excavation-was-already-failing</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a7d1ff22ca7f56c718140e9</guid><category><![CDATA[Incident Insights]]></category><category><![CDATA[Workplace Safety]]></category><pubDate>Thu, 13 Aug 2026 02:17:16 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/01bdba_9cedf8e7925a4f90961c8e19915e1fc6~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_853,h_698,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Safety Jon</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Profit Over Person: When AFL Clubs Treat Duty of Care as a Contractual Inconvenience]]></title><description><![CDATA[Australian football likes to describe itself as a family. Families do not ask a person with a history of concussion to accept legal responsibility for future brain trauma so everyone else can keep the show moving. That is the allegation now consuming Geelong Football Club. According to ABC reporting, defender Jake Kolodjashnij entered a secret agreement with the club in 2024 under which he effectively assumed legal responsibility for future brain trauma, in an apparent attempt to protect the...]]></description><link>https://www.safetyjon.com.au/post/profit-over-person-when-afl-clubs-treat-duty-of-care-as-a-contractual-inconvenience</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a79bd4f63b3483549cc5149</guid><category><![CDATA[Workplace Safety]]></category><category><![CDATA[Safety Leadership]]></category><pubDate>Sun, 09 Aug 2026 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/01bdba_38400935721b4dbcb010bf3e3442395a~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_941,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Safety Jon</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Robot Restarted While He Was Inside: Lessons From the Narangba Packaging Incident]]></title><description><![CDATA[A robot did not suddenly become confused, develop intent or decide that a worker was a box. It performed the movement its control system allowed it to perform while a person remained inside its hazardous operating envelope. On 10 Jan 26, a worker entered part of an automated packaging line at Multisteps’ Narangba factory in Queensland to inspect a sensor. The machine had reportedly stopped twice within approximately ten minutes and was known to malfunction regularly. While the worker was...]]></description><link>https://www.safetyjon.com.au/post/the-robot-restarted-while-he-was-inside-lessons-from-the-narangba-packaging-incident</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a72cffc2df0f1eeb2f51e9e</guid><category><![CDATA[Incident Insights]]></category><category><![CDATA[Workplace Safety]]></category><pubDate>Wed, 05 Aug 2026 06:20:36 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/01bdba_d91ad5fc6c0f40f2a7d0c3a4d09a6e5e~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Safety Jon</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Sea World Helicopter Tragedy: How Change Created a Fatal Conflict Point]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Sea World helicopter crash was over in seconds, but the conditions behind it developed over months. This article examines how poor change management, stale information, failed communication and weak critical controls created a fatal conflict point, and what every workplace must learn from it.]]></description><link>https://www.safetyjon.com.au/post/the-sea-world-helicopter-tragedy-how-change-created-a-fatal-conflict-point</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a728a232df0f1eeb2f46f9e</guid><category><![CDATA[Incident Insights]]></category><category><![CDATA[Workplace Safety]]></category><category><![CDATA[Road and Transport Safety]]></category><pubDate>Wed, 05 Aug 2026 05:26:56 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/01bdba_0bdf958fe7224c44bf259e3d3ba172e9~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_886,h_433,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Safety Jon</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fatal Lessons from the Crazy Train Salvage]]></title><description><![CDATA[On 27 Jan 21, marine salvage worker Max Haywood was fatally struck by the collapsing mast of a submerged steel yacht during a crane operation at Rozelle, New South Wales. The lift involved an uncertain load, an unsuitable lifting point, overloaded equipment and an operator who did not hold the required crane licence. The incident was not caused by an obscure technical defect or an unforeseeable change in conditions. It developed from a work method that replaced engineering, verified capacity...]]></description><link>https://www.safetyjon.com.au/post/fatal-lessons-from-the-crazy-train-salvage</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a71795e74653e170f8d568c</guid><category><![CDATA[Incident Insights]]></category><category><![CDATA[Workplace Safety]]></category><pubDate>Tue, 04 Aug 2026 06:10:37 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/01bdba_ef10b14cd9f54b77a38feb4ee95f7fba~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Safety Jon</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Lecciones mortales del rescate del tren loco]]></title><description><![CDATA[El 27 de enero de 2021, el rescatista marítimo Max Haywood falleció cuando un mástil de acero se derrumbó sobre un yate hundido durante una operación de izamiento con grúa en Roselle, Nueva Gales del Sur. La operación involucró una carga no especificada, un punto de elevación inadecuado, equipo sobrecargado y un operador sin la licencia de grúa requerida. La causa del accidente no fue algún defecto técnico desconocido ni un cambio inesperado en las circunstancias, sino más bien un estilo de...]]></description><link>https://www.safetyjon.com.au/es/post/lecciones-mortales-del-rescate-del-tren-loco</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a718211343a740acf5fb01b</guid><pubDate>Tue, 04 Aug 2026 06:09:31 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/01bdba_ef10b14cd9f54b77a38feb4ee95f7fba~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Safety Jon</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[When Heavy-Truck Brake Maintenance Fails]]></title><description><![CDATA[On 03 Aug 26, the National Heavy Vehicle Regulator issued a safety warning following a brake failure incident in New South Wales. A brake drum separated from a heavy vehicle as it decelerated from high speed, sending debris across a busy road and striking a following vehicle. Nobody was seriously injured, but the outcome could readily have been different. A brake defect does not need to cause complete loss of braking to kill someone, as a fractured drum, detached component, air leak, brake...]]></description><link>https://www.safetyjon.com.au/post/when-heavy-truck-brake-maintenance-fails</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a716094d9c2f27b9b13f14f</guid><pubDate>Tue, 04 Aug 2026 04:47:27 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/01bdba_f91f6aaae56547968e8b927c13db2e37~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Safety Jon</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Plume of Black Smoke in the Distance -  Lessons from the Essendon Airport King Air Crash]]></title><description><![CDATA[On the morning of 21 Feb 17, I was climbing the external stairs at a large transport depot in the suburb of Melbourne Airport when I saw a heavy plume of black smoke rising to the south-east. With a long-standing interest in aviation, I knew it was in the general direction of Essendon Airport. I had previously taken Air Force Cadets to Essendon for visits to the Victoria Police Air Wing, Air Ambulance Victoria, a commercial aviation operator and the control tower. I also had two mates working...]]></description><link>https://www.safetyjon.com.au/post/a-plume-of-black-smoke-in-the-distance-lessons-from-the-essendon-airport-king-air-crash</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a715aa3d9c2f27b9b13e378</guid><category><![CDATA[Incident Insights]]></category><pubDate>Tue, 04 Aug 2026 03:37:04 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/01bdba_b519ae55a27a40058b0b7766eb8b1e78~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Safety Jon</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[When Abnormal Becomes Normal - What Australian Workplaces Can Learn from the Space Shuttle Columbia Disaster]]></title><description><![CDATA[Space Shuttle Columbia launches on mission STS-107 from Kennedy Space Center on 16 Jan 03. Image credit: NASA. On 16 Jan 03, Space Shuttle Columbia launched from Kennedy Space Center in Florida, USA on mission STS-107. Approximately 82 seconds after launch, a section of insulating foam separated from the shuttle’s external fuel tank and struck the reinforced carbon-carbon panels protecting the leading edge of its left wing. The foam strike was captured by launch cameras, but the available...]]></description><link>https://www.safetyjon.com.au/post/when-abnormal-becomes-normal-what-australian-workplaces-can-learn-from-the-space-shuttle-columbia</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a718b94f20e59031dfd1cfc</guid><category><![CDATA[Incident Insights]]></category><category><![CDATA[Emergency Preparedness]]></category><category><![CDATA[Safety Leadership]]></category><pubDate>Sat, 01 Aug 2026 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/01bdba_ba151a696adc46ccb889df771a81ac02~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Safety Jon</dc:creator></item></channel></rss>