Tiered Health Care Benefits - A Money Saver

It's a pretty straightforward program where employees are offered and encouraged to use the designated doctors who meet certain cost-efficient and quality standards. This allows employers to offer workers competitive benefits with higher incentives. For instance, workers who take advantage of the Premium program may opt for lower co-pay and co-insurance levels, but still get and enjoy quality health care.

Employers get to choose from an a la carte type menu that lets them know in advance how much to budget for their plan contributions. For example, there are choices for emergency room co-pay ranging from $100 to $150; urgent co-pay at $50; and preventive care at 100 percent (not subject to co-pay).

The Premium program was developed in response to some amazing and somewhat depressing statistics - those stats being that roughly one-half of all the patients needing medical care actually get care that meets national medical standards.

Other attractive features the employer may choose to offer are a family deductible at twice the individual rate, as well as a family out-of-pocket maximum of twice the individual rate, and a lifetime maximum of $5 million. There are other options an employer may choose from, but suffice it to say that it's a flexible program. It has lots of potential to be a leader in the workforce offering competitive benefits without having the dreaded higher premiums.

The other spectacular point of interest about the Premium program is that it acts as an educational tool for those who "opt-in" by showing them the real costs associated with health care coverage. This is something not a lot of people realize, as they have been insulated for so long from the billing process. In addition, many health care providers do not choose to share the actual costs of services with the public.

What are the benefits of increased health care consumer knowledge? It's a shift in attitude and patient behavior in how they utilize the health care system, a change that is long overdue. The benefits for the employer are also long-term health care savings.

Here is how the program works - the nuts and bolts of it. Doctors and facilities are recognized with stars - much like a hotel is starred for its services - for following national guidelines for cost efficient and quality bare. Doctors that meet both criteria get two stars. Others who meet quality standards are awarded one star. It's pretty easy to look for the stars to find a physician you want to visit.

These stars aren't just handed out at random. They are handed out based on evaluations by The American College of Cardiology, The Ambulatory Care Quality Alliance, and The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.

The Green Star Juicer Machine - Is It Worth the Money?

he Green Star juicer machine is the upgraded model of what was once known as the 'Green Power' juicer from the reputable company Tribest. Tribest is known for making the best juicer machines on the market. We wanted to find out if the Green Star juicer machine was all that it was claimed to be so we ordered it and tested it out. We wanted to give you an honest juicer machine review.

Since we only sell the highest quality juicers in our store, we wanted to make sure it was the best juicer and everything that it was said to be. Well, we were excited to test out this new machine and give an honest juicer review. When our Green Star juicer machine arrived we opened the box and took out the Green Star juicer machine and were impressed with it's durability and construction. It looked powerful and strong. It was good to see that the juicer machine was already fully assembled. At first we couldn't find the plug and then realized that it was actually neatly concealed within the juicer machine's body in a little hidden compartment in the back of the machine.

The juicer came with a variety of attachments and accessories. Each of the Green Star juicer models including s1000,s2000 and s3000 are the same juicer. The difference is the attachments that come with the juicer machine. The s3000 comes with the most attachments. This juicer machine has an attachment to extrude pasta and make bread sticks. The attachments included with the S3000 machine can be used for making pates, sorbets, ice cream and baby food. A five year warranty is included with the green star juicer machine. So if you need to replace any parts within the five years, you can contact Green Star and they will either fix it our replace it for you.

Green Star juice machine uses twin gears to crush the fruits and vegetables and extract the juice. These twin gears are made of Stainless Steel. The green star juicers are the only juicer machine that has gears made of magnets and bioceramic materials. These magnets are used to extract the highest amount of minerals, nutrients and vitamins from the fruits and vegetables. This gives a fresher juice that's full of enzymes and vitamins.

The most important point of this juicer is that the twin gears rotate at a very low speed (110 RPM) when compared to many other juicer machines. The benefit of this is that it helps to maintain the enzymes and vitamins in the juice after it is extracted. Most other juicer machines on the market heat up the juice and therefore destroy the nutrients and enzymes. The green star juicer machine makes the highest quality, freshest most delicious juice due to it's cold, slow rotation process. This is our honest juicer review.

There is virtually no heat transfer thus helping in retaining the vitamins and enzymes in the juice. This is why the Green Star juicer makes juice that tastes so delicious. The technology of the juicer enables green and fruit juice to be stored for up to 2 days in the fridge without significant loss of nutritional value. Most other juicer machines make juice that oxidizes within a couple of minutes and they would not be able to remain fresh for longer then 30 minutes. This is good for people who don't like having to spend time juicing every day as juice can be made one day and consumed the next day.

Assembling the juicer is a simple process. Their is a pulp outlet adjusting knob that you may want to play around with. Depending on how tight this knob is secured affects the rate and pressure at which the pulp is ejected. The tightness varies with type of produce being juiced.

The Green Star Juicer s3000 comes with two screens, a fine screen that is suitable for juicing carrots, leafy greens, wheatgrass, spinach, kale, chard and other soft greens. In addition to a coarse screen which is more suitable for apples, cucumbers, carrots and other fruits and vegetables. The Green Star s3000 comes with two plungers, one wood plunger and one plastic plunger. These plungers are used to push the produce down the feeding chute onto the twin gears. The juicer machine also comes with a cleaning brush and a juice jug to catch the juice as it's extracted.

After testing the Green Star juicer, I concluded during our juicer review that the juicer did a great job of juicing a wide variety of fruits and vegetables. I was able to juice carrots to wheatgrass and spinach with ease. I learned how to adjust the pulp outlet knob. This gives the user the flexibility to either produce juice or other non-juice items such as salsas, pastas and ice cream. Depending on how tight you turn the knob you can either make delicious smoothies or make chopped vegetables, similar to a food processor.

The Green Star juicer manual suggested that the best juicer results were obtained when fruits and vegetables are fed slowly into the machine. As this allows the fruits and vegetables to make contact with the magnetic field in between the twin gears for a longer period of time. This helps more vitamins and minerals to be extracted from the produce.

The juice yield from the Green Star juicer machine was very high in both testing of apple, carrots and wheatgrass. The level of pulp in the juice was significantly less than the Solo Star and roughly the same as the Twin Health juicer. Compared to the Omega juicer it had a slightly larger output of juice. When cleaning the juicer you can use the little brush that is included with your Green Star juicer. Please note that the parts are not dishwasher safe. So only use your sink to rinse the juicer machine parts.

Diet Secrets Of Hollywood Stars

There is a variety of diets in Hollywood. Any medical person who thinks to have a great idea or an old idea on new voice and with success sells it to the society is thinking to establish a store in Hollywood. It is the only place on our planet where diets are so much worshiped like in Hollywood. A lot of ladies and gentlemen (not only from the young generation) hire instructors and get in touch with the last dieting fashion because it is fine for their career.

The society is curious to discover dieting secrets of actors and singers. Movie stars and singers are ordinary like all of us. Not every diet suits for everybody. They try several diets to discover the right one. Not every star worships the diets

Stars do not have secret to be in form and thin. A lot of them find out advices like all of us - from coiffeurs and make- up artists, agents. They are up to date on the latest dieting trends. Turning around it is not so difficult than refusing Buddhism because of Kabbalah. Many stars employ people with good knowledge about diets to take important solutions for themselves. Celebrities must handle with types of issues like all of us. To follow a diet is not so easy and they eat un allowed things. They have their worries about their skin and they do not look perfect in every moment. For each star there are experts, make - up girls, image makers and visual effects men who do their jobs to ensure us that the faces we watch are ideal. No blemishes, no derma problems. Only excellence.

Juicing for Health and Vitality - Recovering From Illness With Juicing

uicing makes it possible for the human body to receive high amounts of nutrients that would be almost impossible to consume without juicing. Many people start a juicing for health program after they have been diagnosed with a health problem. Natural Health practitioners believe that most health problems are a result of a lack of nutrients in the body. In addition to an overload of toxins. Juicing for health floods the body with nutrients, thus healing the body from illness. Upon juicing one can recover their health and boost their immune system. Many people have reported increased physical health and mental health as well upon starting a juicing for health program.

Buying a juice extractor machine could be one of the best purchases that you could ever make. It will allow your body to take in pounds of vegetables and fruits that would be impossible to eat in one serving. Juicing many vegetables and fruits doesn't make you gain weight. In fact, it will boost your metabolism. Since weight gain is caused by toxins that are being stored as fat in the body. The influx of fresh juices will allow your body to clean up and release those stored toxins and fat. It will flood the body with the vitamins and nutrients that your cells are craving. A juicing for health program will be the best way for your body to start healing from illness.

Juicing for health, helps the body to detox toxins that have been accumulated throughout the years. So much as a glass of fresh vegetable or fruit juice a day helps the body detoxify and regenerate through the assimilation of life-giving nutrients and vitamins from the earth.

WHAT KIND OF JUICE EXTRACTOR MACHINE?

But what kind of juicer extractor machine should you purchase to start your juicing for health program? Where is the best value? Plain and simple comparisons show that the best juicer machine gives you the highest quality juice, is easy to clean and is durable and strong to last you many years into the future. The price you pay for a juicer machine is insignificant when compared to the health benefits of juicing.

When deciding to purchase a juicer, these are the qualities you should look for:

1. Easy to clean. If a juicer machine is not easy to clean, then you will not use it.

2. Nutritional content of the juice extracted. Most juicer machines use a heating process to extract the juice which destroys the vitamins in the juice. You want a cold extraction method of juicing which maintains the vitamins and nutrients in a juice. Therefore, you get high quality juice.

3. Durable parts and design.

4. Long term warranty and service agreement.

When analyzing the above requirements we analyzed many of the juicer machines on the market. Our top picks for a juicer machine were the Omega Vert, Omega 8006 and the Green Star Elite Juicer. The benefit of all these juicers is that they are masticating juicers. Meaning they will allow you to juice leafy greens such as wheatgrass, kale, chard and spinach. All these machines produce high quality juice that tastes delicious. When comparing these juicers to the juicer machines you see on infomercials or in the market, the Omega and the Green Star juicers are far superior for several reasons. Most other juicers are centrifugal juicers and will not allow you to juice wheatgrass and leafy greens. Rest assured you will be able to juice leafy greens with the Omega Vert, Omega 8006 and the Green Star Elite juicer.

The Omega and Green Star juicers produce such high quality juice that you can even let it sit in your refrigerator for 3 days before it oxidizes. Most centrifugal or cheap juicers on the market will oxidize after 5 minutes after juicing. This will not happen with an Omega or Green Star juicer. In addition, the Omega and Green Star juicers use a slow, cold process method of extracting juice from fruits and vegetables. This means that the juice remains full of vitamins and minerals. Most of the centrifugal juicer machines you see on tv use a heating method of extracting juice. This destroys the vital nutrients that you need to keep your body healthy.

Safety Lessons From Star Wars

Ever since first seeing Star Wars as a child, I was hooked. Like so many others, I used to pretend to be a Jedi, jumping off of objects whilst brandishing a toy Light Sabre. As my Mother would tell you today, many thousands of dollars' worth of damage was done, and many neighbours traumatised, whilst I was in 'Jedi Training'.

As I've grown older, I have not had time to continue my Jedi training, much to the delight of my Mother and the Neighbourhood. Instead I have opted to settle for a job as a National Health, Safety Environment and Quality Manager for Alliance Power and Data, based in East Perth, Western Australia. My love of Star Wars however, is as strong as the day as I first saw it.

After recently re-watching the entire Star Wars series, I have seen it in a completely new light. It occurred to me that even though the Jedi's were vastly smaller in number, they were still able to compete against a much larger army, by only implementing and applying a few aspects which are now considered to be the fundamentals of an Occupational Health and Safety System.

Lesson One: Incident Investigations

It's a sad point in your life when you realise that only yourself and a select handful of friends and family can be trusted. Remember when Obi-Wan Kenobi used the 'Jedi Mind Trick' on the incident investigating Storm troopers? Even though they're Jedi's, the portrayed 'good-guys', the act itself does provide a strong case that individuals trying to avoid prosecution, no matter inherently good or bad, will use any means at their disposal to be found not guilty.

Many times whilst on site, I found myself caught in the middle of an Incident Investigation resembling a sandstorm. Almost every Occupational Health and Safety Professional can relate to this. Why do I call it a sandstorm? Well it's just like a normal sandstorm in the desert; unprepared, you know that you're going to get belted from every direction for an undefined and prolonged period of time. You also know that it's going to inflict ranging levels of pain; both mental and physical, resulting in you doubting and questioning your own abilities and beliefs in your position. Add to this the fact that you simply can't see what to do or where to go until after the sandstorm settles and ultimately clears.

Like most others, my general incident investigation sandstorm included;

Several differing versions of the unfolded events,
Several differing sequences of events,
Several differing fingers of blame being pointed, and
An abundance of select words of the English language being used either towards myself or others.

I won't lie, during these times I wanted nothing more than my own fully functioning light sabre.

So how do we plan the simple fact that we are going to be misled?

The Jedi's had a Council that discussed matters, with a little green man that could see into the future. From my experience, companies have had several degrees of Council's and Committees, but lack the ability of the use of said little green man at their disposal.

With this in mind, implementing a strong Incident Investigation Procedure is a good start. This can include the documentation of; Preliminary Reports, Witness Statements, Accident and ICAM/Taproot findings and implementation of required actions. The truth is between the lines of all these hand written statements combined. It's up to the Safety Professional to ensure they are not treated like a Stormtrooper, and are the victim of another's 'Jedi Mind Trick' whilst investigating.

Lesson Two: Leading From the Front

I've been there, you've been there, we've all been there. Everyone has at some point in their life, had a boss who walked around believing they're either Genghis Khan or Adolf Hitler. Both influential individuals used fear within their organisation to obtain what they desired. Ok, so maybe a bit overdramatic with the general stereotype of a boss, but keep in mind that Khan fell off his horse due to fatigue and Hitler poisoned himself. Either way both left their organisation early due to the culture they implemented and nurtured.

Moving away from the brief history lesson of historical Dictatorial lunatics, in Star Wars, Queen Amidala ruled Naboo. Besides from the fact that I personally would do anything for Natalie Portman, her subjects in her rule also adore her. She uses; forward thinking, fairness and fights for the rights of her people whilst maintaining a Diplomatic mindset whilst ruling over her constituents. She has the respect of her organisation and leads from the front when required. So am I wrong in stating that this is a good example of a CEO and General Manager when initiating change with safety?

Seeing Miss Portman running around with her subjects, defending her 'office' with several handguns, turned a 6ft tall, 105kg male into a love-struck drooling pre-teen. Like her servants, I would join her cause and follow without ever questioning her decisions.

Now my current boss is in his thirties and married. If suddenly he copied Queen Amidala's example and ran around the office with a handgun, it would be a cause for concern that would more than likely involve the services of the West Australian Police. The underlying principle however is there that if an organization is serious about bringing around change in safety, it must be led by a figurehead of a company who can walk and talk safety.

This figurehead required to drive this change, is an individual or group that has not only the respect, but the trust of the workforce, throughout all levels of the organisation.

Lesson Three: Use the Resources Available

Han Solo was hired by Luke Skywalker to aid him to travel to Alderaan. His short term goal was to rescue the Princess Leia. Luke did not have the necessary equipment or skills to perform such a task by himself alone, so required the outside assistance of Han Solo and Chewbacca to achieve his short-term goal. The same can be said for Jabba the Hutt in hiring Jango and eventually Boba Fett to perform bounty hunting work on his behalf.

Without the hiring of subcontractors both Luke and Jabba would not of been able to achieve their short term goals.

In safety, organising and approving the selected Sub-Contractors can be the difference between short term goals being achieved, or failing miserably. Checks for Pre-Qualification for selection need to be performed. Information on; insurances, available scopes of work and examples of contractor abilities to perform said tasks are vital in ensuring that the outsourced work does not impact on the name of the business. Measures to ensure the contractor has means at their disposal to perform the task both safely and within a scope of time, have to be included in an organisations safety system. This leads us nicely into the next lesson.

Lesson Four: Always Do Your Research

Luke, mate, seriously, she is your twin sister. I can turn the blind eye to the fact that at the time he didn't know, but unfortunately the same logic cannot be applied to mistakes with safety.

Background checking potential personnel has now become an industry standard. Applying with the same principle as 'Lesson One: Always Plan to be Misled', an employer or PCBU needs to check the validity and integrity of the persons involved in their undertakings, to protect the business.

So if Luke had waited, and performed all the industry standard checks before embarking to enlist Princess Leia into his company, would avoided tarnishing his name?

A Safety Professional must include in their Occupational Health and Safety System;
Character References Checks,
Previous Work History Checks,
Validity of Licences and
Qualification/Education Received Validity.

Working closely with a Human Resources Department is always beneficial as in recent years, Occupational Health and Safety has moved in on territory previously owned and dominated by a HR Department.

Lesson Five: Don't Market to Children

Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace would have been an amazing movie, if Jar-Jar Binks was merely a background character. The backlash experienced from the introduction of Jar-Jar into the movie franchise, caused George Lucas to rethink and re-write the remaining movies, allocating him as minimal lines as possible. Lucas himself admits that the character was placed and targeted to attract children to the franchise. The character was basically removed from all future movies, as it was damaging the reputation of Mr Lucas' business.

So why the uproar? Simply put, he was an idiot, cracking unfunny jokes, requiring constant babysitting and generally not listening to anything that any person in authority would instruct him to do. In short, not a model employee to have in any organisation, no mind preaching safety to.

With workplace fatalities in Australia for the financial year 2010 at 124, and the same period in 2009 at 177, Safety Professionals can simply not afford to have any personnel exhibiting traits of Jar-Jar Binks within their organisation. Safety Systems are designed and implemented to protect the workforce, but like the old saying goes, 'you can lead a horse to water'. Unfortunately, individuals exhibiting Jar-Jar like characteristics can only be dealt with by following the example of Mr Lucas; to remove them from the organisation before they cause damage to the reputation of the business.

Lesson Six: Train Your Workforce

The 'Imperial Army' is of impressive size, majority consisting of Stormtroopers. Never in the Star Wars series, do you see any form of training being administered to the Sith Army. None, whatsoever. No long montage footage of them in training at all. The result of which, has caused an entire army of individuals who do not know how to shoot their blaster at their target in a straight line. Sure, every now and again one gets lucky, but for the sheer amount of numbers, the statistics for 'hit to miss' ratio would be appalling.

This begs the question that if the Dark Lords established a HSEQ Department to monitor and review some Key Performance Indicators, and hired a Trainer/Assessor for their training programs, could they of changed the eventual outcome of the battle?

The Jedi's were greatly smaller in number, but administered a widely regarded and respected training program, known throughout the Universe. It was specifically designed to build skills and knowledge of an individuals use of the 'the force'. This training program held a certain level of respect throughout general society and the Universe as a whole. Every Jedi knew the; process, training requirements and information required to be obtained, to progress to the next level. A stronger Jedi, meant a stronger Jedi organisation.

OK I admit that the Jedi's had some hiccups on the way, but I don't think I'm going to spoil the movie for anyone by saying that eventually, the Jedi's won.

The same can be said for training of a business workforce. Companies are realising that by raising the level of the standard of their general worker through education and training, they raise the quality of work being produced by their company. Pretty simple in theory really, application however is where it becomes tricky.

Qualified Trainer/Assessors are more in demand than ever. Finding one with experience, no mind one at all is near impossible. Similar to when a young Luke Skywalker was searching to be trained, only two Jedi's were rumoured to be in existence. These two Jedi's were Obi-Wan Kenobi and Yoda. Obi-Wan was in found in the desert and Yoda had retired, refusing to train anyone and living near a swamp.

Much like Trainer/Assessors today, most are either following Obi-Wans example, and are in the desert with a Mine Site, or retired and refusing to train anyone, like Yoda.

Ensuring a fully competent workforce also aids in reducing the risks associated with workplace incidents and fatalities. If you ignore Star Wars III: Clone Wars, where every Jedi, bar a handful are brutally slaughtered, the Jedi's had a pretty low Loss Time Injury Rate.

So if we as Safety Professionals want to reduce the amount of LTI's and incidents as a whole, we require a training program worthy of a Jedi. This training program however has to ensure you do not employ anyone named Anakin Skywalker.

Lesson Seven: Expand the Culture - The Indigenous Are Allies

In Star Wars I-III, allegiances were chosen and an Alliance was formed to defend the greater good of the Council. This Alliance consisted of many differing races, from all varying reaches of the Universe. A workforce was built, with each individual race having a specific skill set which strengthened the organisation.

OK readers, here's a revelation which many of us seem to forget, Australia is 'terra nullius': land that belongs to no one. It doesn't matter if you're seventh generation Australian, it's not yours. After the landmark Mabo case decision in 1992, and the subsequent Native Title Act of 1993, the law now states in black and white that it is no longer 'terra nullius'. The Native Title Act of 1993 paved the way for Indigenous and Torres Strait Islanders to legally reclaim the land which was forcefully removed from them, since the arrival of the First Fleet on Australian shores in 1788.

So in Star Wars VI: Return of the Jedi, we met the Ewoks, the Indigenous land owners of Endor. Presumably residing there for many generations, the Ewoks had established their own; colonies, customs, culture and beliefs. Now the Jedi's and the Rebel Alliance required the assistance of the Ewoks to achieve their desired intentions. Instead of invading their land and enslaving the indigenous owners, like the First Fleet, the Jedi's worked with and alongside them. With the use of technology, namely a robot named C-3P0, they were able to build the bridge required to create a relationship between the two differing established organisations and work together towards a common goal.

Now whatever this common goal is in our society, I'll leave up to the two disputing parties to decide.

Whilst on the Ewoks native land, the Rebel Alliance trained the indigenous population, increasing their ability to perform in their natural environment. It aided their common goal. So if this worked for them, why can't it work for us?

Many companies now have Indigenous and Multi-Cultural Employment Opportunities. Australia is blessed with being a multi-cultural nation. Personally, I have had the privilege of working alongside individuals not only of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander heritage, but from various differing nations, with widely contrasting cultures, customs and beliefs. Between the two of us, we shared information which furthered both our knowledge and understanding to perform our working duties better.

So what are the lessons to take from here?

Firstly, for two vastly different societies, a common goal must be found.

The goal, both short and long term, must be beneficial for everyone involved. Like with most meetings between two parties that are vastly different, there's always going to be times which are frustrating and stressful. The Ewoks nearly cooked and devoured their future work colleagues upon their first meeting! However they established a common goal and implemented a plan. The entire time they were surrounded by individuals who didn't want their plan to thrive into fruition however, by working together, both parties achieved their common goal.

Another lesson to learn, relates to using the same theory and application of the Jedi's training of the Ewoks.

A goal of a Safety Professional should be to ensure that the information contained in training programs and safety documentation is easily understandable to anyone and everyone. I have always based my systems on the 'KISS' method, 'Keep It Simple Stupid'. This is my own way of ensuring that personnel with limited skill and use of the English language can still receive a Duty of Care. This application of the Duty of Care pertains that they receive the same assessment level and outcomes of a safety training package, as the personnel who are fluent with the English language. This aids in reducing the risk of incidents caused by cultural and language barriers.

Lesson Eight: Personal Protective Equipment

So in the opening scenes of Star Wars V: The Empire Strikes Back, Luke Skywalker is patrolling a baron sub-zero environment, whilst wearing layer after layer of clothing, designed to create and retain body heat in the cold environment.

After being held captive by a native Wampa, Luke is able to remain alive in the environment, thanks to the clothes that were issued to him. The PPE used in the environment was practicable and relevant to his working duties.

Compare this to the Sith. The Sith Army wears uniform armour, with the common knowledge that it is simply no match for the Jedi's Light Sabre or Blaster. So with that in mind, why continue wearing it?

Using the example of the Sith's non-practical use of the armour, organisations must ensure that their Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) is practicable and relevant for use within the workforce.

Like the Stormtroopers, it is an impressive image for all personnel of an organisation to be uniform, but the reality is, differing parts of the organisation require differing items of Personal Protective Equipment to ensure they stay alive whilst performing various working duties.

Lesson Nine: Women in the Workfnrce

The Rebel Alliance seemed to be the only party in a galaxy far, far away to hear of Equal Opportunity Employment. Given that the two women in question were in fact royalty, they still were the only prominent females in the franchise.

The Sith on the other hand, had none. What would Germaine Greer have to say about that I wonder? They failed to change their system to include females, in what could be considered a male dominated industry. Similar to many Mine Site's a decade ago, women were stereotyped by the Sith, and not included in their plans for domination of the Universe.

Thankfully times have changed in recent years, where females are now performing tasks previously owned only by men.

With this in mind, a safety system needs to include the changes to the male: female ratio of the workforce. It's a scientific fact that with manual handling, a 120kg male miner would be able to lift a heavier object with ease, compared to a female miner that weighed half that. So with the changes to society to what was previously thought of as a 'male role', does your safety system provide an environment that reduces the risk to females in a male dominated area?

Implementing provisions for female workers can be as simple as purchasing PPE designed for women, or providing additional training in areas such as manual handling. The inclusion of Work Plans for during and post pregnancy are also beneficial to ensure your organisation increases the number of Jedi's for years to come.

Conclusion

So as you can see, I'm still in love with Star Wars after all these years. I'm a self-confessed nerd when it comes to the franchise. As usual, I've thought way too much into the movies and used it as a platform for writing about another love of mine, Occupational Health and Safety. But I like to think that I have a valid point.

So if a Safety Professional follows the Jedi's example and ensure that they; establish, implement, monitor and review the above 'lessons', will the system prevent the organisation from ending up like the Imperial Empire? Like previously stated in 'Lesson Six: Train Your Workforce', in theory it would, but application is where it becomes hard.