Alan Newey

Travels from Melbourne, VIC | 3 Reviews
Alan Newey
Topics
  • Culture Change
  • Disability
  • Inspirational
  • Occupational Health And Safety
  • Overcoming Adversity
  • Resilience
  • Risk Management
  • Safety
  • Strategy and Planning
  • Work Environments
Alan Newey is a survivor of a workplace incident. He lost his right dominant arm to a conveyor belt back in September 1999.  He is Australia's first Bionic Man. 
 
Having lost his right dominant arm to a conveyor belt accident, and spent many years in recovery and rehabilitation, he now presents to groups on the effects of his workplace accident and the impact on him and his family. 
 
During his many years of recovery and rehabilitation he enrolled at Victoria University studying a Diploma of Occupational Health and Safety together with a Certificate IV in Training and Assessment. After graduating from Victoria University he presented his "story" at a conference for the Department of Justice Victoria. This led to now speaking and presenting to various groups around Australia on the effects of his workplace incident and the impact that it's had on himself and his family.
Alan speaks from the point of view of an injured worker and gives a real insight into what happens to you during and after such a life-changing experience. Alan is extremely confronting on the issues and effects of a workplace incident, and his presentation not only addresses the sequence of events leading up to his incident, but the flow-on effects such a life changing experience entails.
 
Points of discussion:
  • His workplace incident
  • Prescription drug dependence
  • Hospital to rehabilitation
  • Workplace culture
  • The effect on family and friends
  • Worksafe investigation
  • The effect on work colleagues
  • Complacency in the workplace
  • Coping with a workplace injury
  • Light at the end of the tunnel

 

Keynote Titles
  • The Human Side of Safety
Testimonials

The 10th Annual Quarrying Safety & Health Seminar program included a session by Alan Newey from Chat Safety. Alan's session was heartwrenching, and really portrayed the importance of safety in the workplace, and the impact of workplace accidents, not only on the employee, but the entire family. We would recommend Alan's session to any organization looking to drive home this message.

- The Institute of Quarrying Australia (IQA)

After Alan's presentation I have had many of our employees come and see me about hazardous situations that they may have previously walked by and done nothing about. Alan's presentation has gone a long way to opening up their minds to the possibility of an injury or incident occurring and for this we thank Alan very much.

- Pluto LNG Project RCRFM Services (Karratha WA)

Thanks for the investigation information and for a great presentation on Friday. Everyone wanted to stop me and talk about your presentation, WOW talk about having an effect!!! It was all positive stuff, it's not often our lot sit quietly for anything and you could have heard a pin drop during your presentation (which was a comment made by a few people). Things that stuck in people's minds, and they mentioned, were the things like how it's your responsibility not just that of the OHS committee; safety starts and stops with you; it's about the culture - just because it's always been done like that doesn't mean it's the right way.

- Western Water