Announcements Archive
Sandvik MH Assessment
All assessments in Queensland for Sandvik Mining and Construction Australia Pty Ltd have been completed and reports issued for consideration. BAC has now been asked to assess facilities in NSW in August.
Ngarda's Health & Well Being
Ngarda Civil and Mining approves 12 month health and well being program for their Belmont office to commence in September 2010.
Raising Australia
BAC commences a working relationship in the area of manual tasks with Raising Australia.
BOOM Logistics
BAC delivers comprehensive report to Boom Logistics on assessment of musculo-skeletal/ manual tasks in a shut-down environment for consideration.
CBI
BAC completes additional on-site training for CBI at the Pluto Project in August. BAC is now finalising services for delivery into the Kwinana facility and Gorgon discussions continue forward.
Cliffs Natural Resources
BAC has completed 50% of the musculo-skeletal risk assessments on site for Cliffs Natural Resources with the remainder to be completed at the end of August.
Intrepid Mines
BAC completes all ERT assessments and follows up with individualised training programs for all ERT members in August.
Sandvik Warehousing
Sandvik moves a step closer to a final decision on it's warehousing program across Australia.
Ngarda
BAC to commence conducting Ngarda Civil & Mining Pre-Employment Functional Assessments with their customised assessment package.
St John of God Murdoch Campus
St John of God Health Care moves forward with the musculo-skeletal assessments completed by BAC. Presentation of results to take place in August/ September.
Rock Australia
BAC has held discussions with Rock Australia earlier this month and will commence working together in the area of musculo-skeletal health.
Rock Australia
BAC commences with Rock Australia at their Mt Keith operations in the areas of manual handling and prevention of sprain and strain injuries. The first stage of assessment has now been completed and the report along with recommendations has been presented to the organisation for their consideration and the approval of the next stage
CBI & Gorgon
CBI continues discussions with BAC for provision of services for the Gorgon Project. Furthermore, CBI has accepted BAC's proposal for additional training in 'Warm Up For Work' and work front coaching in August on the Pluto Project. CBI's Kwinana facilities has also now approached BAC for it's services in the area of competency based training and are currently discussing a scope of works which will now be delivered in September.
Sandvik Warehousing
Sandvik to commence a work force health and musculo-skeletal program for its warehousing operations in August involving a number of primary locations throughout Australia.
Intrepid Mines
BAC has completed 50% of ERT assessments for Intrepid Mines and is currently in the process of assessing the information to establish accurate functional baseline measures will the remainder of assessments to be completed over the next 2-3 weeks.
Ngarda Baseline Health Assessments
BAC has now presented a report outlining the results of the Baseline Health Assessments conducted in June and July to Ngarda Civil and Mining for their consideration. A decision is to now be made as to the first step for implementing a program to address the health concerns identified.
Rock Australia
BAC to meet with Rock Australia in early August to discuss the results from the Mt Keith project and the extension of similar services to other sites by BAC.
June Newsletter
The latest BAC Quarterly newsletter is now available for download, full of useful and practical information including some delicious recipes for you to try. Click here to view the June newsletter.
Ngarda PEFA
BAC presents Ngarda Civil & Mining with a new template for Pre-employment Functional Assessments resulting from the work conducted over the past month.
BHP DVD Final Version
BHP receives final version of educational DVD on sampling and other associated topics from BAC and is very happy with the final product which will be used throughout its sites for both BHP personnel and contractors.
Cliffs Natural Resources
Cliffs Natural Resources commences the assessment of its musculo-skeletal risk of work tasks on site using BAC to drive this initiative. The first stage due to be completed during the month of July.
Sandvik MH Assessment
Sandvik Mining and Construction Australia Pty Ltd commences assessment of its sites throughout Western Australia and Queensland with respect to the risks of manual handling and is using BAC for this project. BAC has been working with this organisation for a number of years in this area.
CBI & Gorgon
CBI is currently in discussions with BAC for provision of services for the Gorgon Project. Furthermore, CBI has accepted BAC's proposal for additional training in 'Warm Up For Work' and work front coaching in August on the Pluto Project. CBI’s Kwinana facilities has also now approach BAC for its services in the area of competency based training and are currently discussing a scope of works.
St John of God Murdoch Campus
BAC has presented St John of God Health Care with the first report since completing the first stage of the musculo-skeletal assessments at Murdoch Campus. A presentation of the findings is due to be completed in August.
Sandvik & BAC
Sandvik Mining & Construction Australia commences manual handling assessment of Queensland sites using BAC.
BAC BLOG
BAC has now added the BAC BLOG to our website. We have started the blog with two new posts. Please click here to be directed to the most recent post and please let us know your opinions on the first two topics we have posted.
Jetcrete SAS Program Finishes
Jetcrete SAS program finishes on a high at Mount Isa, with good outcomes achieved.
Raising Australia 1st Assessment
BAC completes first assessment of drilling work tasks conducted by Raising Australia.
Ngarda PEFA
BAC commences work on development of customised Pre-Employment Functional Assessments for Ngarda Civil & Mining.
St John Of God Murdoch Campus
BAC has commenced working with St John of God Health Care at the Murdoch Campus in the area of prevention of musculo-skeletal injuries. The first stage of the assessments has now been completed with a report due for consideration.
Drill 2010 Conference
BAC accepts an invitation to present in the area of pre-employment functional assessments at the Australian Drilling Industry Association’s Drill 2010 Conference in Adelaide in September.
Ngarda Baseline Health Assessments
BAC has now completed baseline health assessments with Ngarda Civil and Mining at their head office in Belmont and a report outlining the results and recommendations will be presented for consideration next week.
Alliance Manual Handling Completed
BAC has successfully completed it's manual handling training for Alliance on the Pluto Project in Karratha.
Intrepid Mines
BAC to commence ERT assessments in July with Intrepid Mines to establish accurate functional baseline measures to be used to maintain required fitness levels for this function.
CBI Proposal
BAC has submitted a proposal to CBI for additional training to be conducted on the Pluto Project.
Sandvik MH Assessment
Sandvik Mining and Construction Australia Pty Ltd assessment of its sites throughout Queensland with respect to the risks of manual handling have now been completed. In Western Australia the assessments have started with Karratha being the first and the remainder to be completed in August.
BAC & Ngarda
BAC has commenced working with Ngarda on a number of projects in Perth, in addition to the BHP Yarri site.
MH Training for Alliance
BAC has started Manual Handling training for Alliance on the Pluto Project.
Ngarda
BAC continues to work with Ngarda Civil & Mining on their new approach to assessing people for the work roles that this company performs.
Drill 2010 Conference
BAC is delivering manual handling presentations and will have a display booth at the Drill 2010 Conference in Adelaide from September 22nd 2010 - September 25th 2010.
BAC/ BHP DVD's
BAC and BHP are currently working collaboratively on the making of 3 DVD’s looking at the sampling process and how to do it both safely and physically correct so as to minimise the risk of injury.
BAC & St. John Of God
BAC is set to commence initial work with St John of God health care in the area of manual handling.
Australasian Drilling Magazine
BAC is now writing a regular article for the Australasian Drilling magazine in the area of musculo-skeletal health.
Rock Australia
BAC will commence working with Rock Australia in June in the area of Musculo-Skeletal Health.
John Pica
After four years at Body Active Consultancy, Mr John Pica has accepted another position with a Perth-based company and has therefore resigned from his position with Body Active Consultancy. We would like to take this opportunity to thank Mr Pica for his contributions over the past four years and wish him all the very best in his new position.
BAC presenting research paper to IFAP
IFAP has approved the submission of a research paper to be presented by BAC. IFAP is an independent, not-for-profit, member-based organisation that provides leading safety and risk management solutions to the workplace.
Busselton Half Ironman Triathlon 2010
Congratulations to BAC staff members Tom Mulcahy and Eoghan Mckenna who successfully completed the 2010 Busselton Half Ironman Triathlon (Friday 30th April - Sunday 2nd May). This years event included 1400 individual competitors and 200 teams with both Tom and Eoghan completing the event individually. Well done boys.
Obesity Now Australia's Leading Cause Of Death
Obesity has now overtaken smoking as the leading cause of premature death and illness in Australia.
New figures show the contribution of excessive weight to ill health has more than doubled in just six years, and by 2006 accounted for 8.7 per cent of all disease. Tobacco's role has fallen by a quarter, and now causes 6.5 per cent of illness and early death.
BAC Morris Corp Contract
BAC and Morris Corp have just signed a 2 year contract for BAC to provide Morris Corp with a variety of services.
James van Erp back to BAC
We are pleased to announce that James van Erp has returned to BAC and will be working with us again for the next 2-3 months.
Falls claim seven lives
Big Fat Bill for Hospital
BAC is now working with Convatech
BAC is now working with Convatech on-site, in addition to providing Pre-Employment Functional Assessments.
Exercise an hour a day to keep weight away
Coates Module 2: Low Back
BAC has now started Coates Module 2: Low Back; in SA, NSW, QLD, Tasmania and Victoria.
Pre- employment Functional Assessments
BAC is now offering and administering Pre-Employment and Return To Work Functional Assessments.
BAC and Bike Week
Bikeweek WA has sponsored the Byrnecut BOSS Program. As part of the support; merchandise and other bike related products will be distributed to all Byrnecut staff that have been encouraged to bring their bikes to site for Bikeweek (Sunday 21st March - Sunday 28th March). Through this initiative we hope to raise awareness of the healthy aspects of riding for fitness, emphasising the benefits of cycling to work: with the underlying theme of the program encouraging the Cycle Instead notion.
New Website
New Website launched March 2010- Official Launch Monday 8th March 2010
AAESS changes to ESSA
AAESS has now changed it's name to ESSA- AAESS: The Australian Association of Exercise and Sports Science is now known as ESSA: Exercise and Sports Science Australia.