Occupational Health & Safety Hunt & Hunt provides advice and representation in relation to all areas of occupational health and safety. We also provide tailored training programs on relevant issues to suit client needs. Our clients tend to be large employers such as national and multi-national companies, public health services and local government councils.  Our services Advice on OH&S legislation, regulations and codes of conduct Injury prevention and risk management strategies Advising on ageing workforce issues Preparing tailored OH&S policies and procedures (or updating existing ones) Advising on and defending OH&S prosecutions Providing OH&S/risk management training Advising on injury management, including the management of long-term injured employees Providing urgent advice following major workplace accidents Conducting workplace safety audits     We have also had involvement in many Coronial inquests, including acting for employer/company director interests. An often overlooked, but fundamental, practice in occupational health and safety is being familiar with the client's workplace.  Hunt & Hunt takes care not to overlook this important step. Upon winning a client, we invest the time – our own time – in conducting site inspections of our client's premises and workplace as this enhances our appreciation of the entity's systems and conditions of work.  In turn, this aids our understanding of the restrictions imposed upon our clients' workforces, and helps us to assist our clients in devising safe systems of work. Dust Diseases Within our Occupational Health and Safety team, we employ a specialist in dust disease litigation and environmental contamination. We have represented the interests of both insured and uninsured corporate entities in defence of claims by employees for damages for asbestos and silica exposure at a diverse range of workplaces, including factories, mines, quarries, building sites, power stations, oil refineries, cement works, road works, ships and dockyards. In doing so, we have accumulated a wealth of knowledge on the different types of asbestos suppliers and manufacturers worldwide. We are well-versed with dust and the diseases that develop following exposure to it. In addition to litigation matters, we have advised the Defence Housing Authority to enable it to effectively manage asbestos in all of the properties under its control Australia-wide, and have advised a Top 50 listed company in relation to an asbestos spill. For further information, contact David Thompson or Anthony Morrissey.