The National Heavy Vehicle Regulator (NHVR) is reminding operators of heavy vehicles transporting grapes to put in place safety measures to protect other road users.The National Heavy Vehicle Regulator (NHVR) said operators should pay attention to their mass, loading, fatigue and work and rest hour requirements under the Heavy Vehicle National Law…
WorkSafe has launched a new initiative to help seasonal workers stay safe while working on Victorian farms.As part of the new initiative, Pacific Islander workers will receive specialised safety resources including videos, posters and written guides in five languages. – Bislama, Fijian, Samoan, Tongan and English.WorkSafe Executive Director of Health a…
Workplace sexual harassment forum and $1.5 million enforceable undertaking among key highlights of the report.Federal WHS regulator Comcare has released the third Work Health and Safety Year in Review report.Comcare said the report highlights' compliance and enforcement activities that promote and enable safe and healthy work across the Commonwealth ju…
The WorkCover Tasmania Board is seeking feedback from stakeholders on the development of a new Workplace Rehabilitation Provider (WRP) Accreditation Framework in Tasmania.The framework aims to ensure WRPs in the Tasmanian workers' compensation scheme provide the best possible service for injured workers accessing workplace rehabilitation services in th…
A new report shows mine workers in Western Australia are being seriously injured at a rate of more than one a day.The 2020-21 Department of Mines, Industry Regulation and Safety (DMIRS) report revealed that two underground mine workers died on the job, and there were 402 'serious' incidents. Serious incidents are injuries that disable a worker for two…
Victoria has recorded two separate work-related deaths in one day, taking the state's workplace fatality toll to nine for 2022.A 53-year-old crane operator died after being crushed by steel beams in Dandenong South about 11:15 am on Friday morning.Less than three hours later, a 56-year-old worker died after a tractor-spreader combination he w…
New WHS laws for WAIn a recent media release, the Western Australian government announced that the state's new Work Health and Safety (WHS) laws are set to begin on 31 March 2022 and mark a "national first," bringing general industry, mines, and petroleum operation under a single Act.The government has said the new laws would modernise Western Australi…
SafeWork NSW's Family and Injured Worker Support Group (FIWSG) will remain in place until the end of this year. FIWSG is a group of people who have suffered a serious work-related injury, or have a family member who has died in a workplace place incident. Members of the FIWSG provide advice to SafeWork about the support needs of affected persons. Minis…
New laws to improve workplace safety in Victoria went into effect on 16 March 2022. The Workplace Safety Legislation and Matters Amendment Act 2022 aims to prevent and better respond to workplace safety incidents and improve outcomes for injured workers and their families.The laws also increase WorkSafe's ability to enhance Victoria's workers' compensa…
A man has been airlifted to hospital after he was trapped by a truck tray in the Western Downs.The incident happened on Friday afternoon.Toowoomba's RACQ LifeFlight Rescue helicopter was tasked to the property at 2:15 pm.The RACQ LifeFlight Rescue aeromedical team assisted Queensland Ambulance paramedics to treat the man aged in his 60s.He was flown to…
Tasmania's WHS regulator has announced that inspectors will make both planned and unannounced visits to workplaces this year, to make sure they are managing health and safety risks.WorkSafe Tasmania says inspectors will be focusing on work health and safety compliance in the construction, distillery, and transport sectors, and in workplaces where …
A South Australian asbestos removalist has had their Class A licence suspended by SafeWork for failing to safely remove asbestos from a residential premise. The contractor was accused of exposing people to friable asbestos, contrary to section 19 of the Work Health and Safety Act 2012 (SA).SafeWork SA Executive Director Martyn Campbell reminds SA…
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