26 000 visit Sydney safety event
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Edited by the Engineeringtalk editorial team
Nov 8, 2006
More than 26,000 flock to three big safety shows.
Australia's three big workplace safety shows continue to pull huge crowds.
The most recent, The Safety Show Sydney, brought the grand total to over 26,000 for the year - a staggering 31 per cent more than in 2005.
This was the first year that saw a dedicated safety show run in each of the eastern states: Safety In Action and Materials and Manual Handling in Melbourne, the inaugural Queensland Safety Show, and The Safety Show Sydney, which kicked off Safe Work Australia Week during October.
Research polling visitors at The Safety Show Sydney indicated $9.5 million of business was written over the three days of the event.
The impact of the show is expected to be much higher still in the coming months, given that 93 per cent of visitors with purchasing power planned to place orders for safety solutions seen at the show.
More than 350 safety suppliers presented thousands of specialised safety products and services, including materials handling, guarding, vehicle safety, and automation safety products, plus training, management, first aid and workplace wellness services.
Those with a thirst for knowledge were also well catered for at The Safety Show Sydney.
Principal sponsor, WorkCover NSW, ran popular free daily workshops for small business, while delegates at the concurrently held The Safety Conference heard from local and international experts on topics as diverse as mental health, injury management and checklist tools for managers.
The Safety Show's organiser, Marie Kinsella of Australian Exhibitions and Conferences (AEC), said next year's show would see a greater focus on two areas.
"We're going to throw the spotlight on an old chestnut and a field that's just now coming into prominence," she said.
"Materials handling will be much bigger than ever before because the sprains and strains associated with lifting and stretching continue to plague just about every Australian industry.
Figures just released by the Australian Safety and Compensation Council show that nearly half (46%) of all compensated injury and disease claims are for sprains and strains of joints and adjacent muscles.
"Much newer is the rise of 'corporate health'.
This is certainly gaining momentum and exhibitors in the field tell us it could be related to the worsening skills shortage as employers struggle to hang onto experienced people." The Safety Show and Conference will run from October 23 to 25 in 2007.
In the meantime, Safety In Action and Materials and Manual Handling will be held in Melbourne from March 20 to 22.
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