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Risk Assessment 101: What it is, Why It Matters, and How to Get It Right
Risk Assessment 101: What it is, Why It Matters, and How to Get It Right
This is the second in a four-part series on building a comprehensive workplace safety management system. Risk Assessment 101: What it is, Why It Matters, and How to Get It Right In short: Risk assessment is the structured way we judge how likely a hazard is to injure someone, how severe that harm could be, and which controls will reduce the danger. R…
How to Identify Hazards Before They Become Incidents
How to Identify Hazards Before They Become Incidents
This is the first of a four-part series on building a comprehensive workplace safety system. Quick Answer: How to Identify Hazards Before They Become Incidents Spot dangers early by walking the floor systematically, consulting your workers, reviewing your records, and reassessing every change to plant, equipment, or procedure. Those four systematic m…
Top 10 Safety Forms Every Site Supervisor Should Have
Top 10 Safety Forms Every Site Supervisor Should Have
Running a safe construction site is about more than PPE and toolbox talks. Clear, consistent documentation keeps jobs on track, hazards under control, and compliance risks off your shoulders. For supervisors, safety officers, and small-team leads, having the right safety forms in place ensures nothing slips through the cracks. From inductions to incide…
WorkSafe Victoria welcomes new CEO
WorkSafe Victoria Welcomes New CEO Cathy Henderson has been appointed as the new CEO of WorkSafe Victoria, taking on the top job at one of Australia's largest work health and safety regulators. Her arrival, confirmed in this safety news update, follows a period of scheme modernisation and sharpened focus on reducing harm for injured workers. Appoint…
New SafeWork SA campaign aims to improve safety on farms
SafeWork SA has launched a year-long farm safety campaign to cut work-related deaths and serious injuries across South Australia's agriculture industry. From 1 October 2025, inspectors spend 12 months enforcing Work Health and Safety laws on rural properties, supported by education, advice and practical guidance. Campaign snapshot Regulator: SafeWork…
Man fatally struck by forklift at Sydney warehouse
A 57-year-old man was fatally struck by a forklift inside a Matraville warehouse in Sydney's east early on Monday morning. Paramedics could not revive him, and the site now sits under regulator scrutiny. SafeWork NSW is conducting investigations into the death of a man that occurred on Monday morning at a Sydney workplace. Emergency services rushed t…
Man flown to hospital after falling from shed roof in Queensland
A man was flown to the hospital by the LifeFlight aeromedical team following injuries sustained in a fall on Tuesday afternoon. Reports suggest the man in his 40s was involved in roofing work on a shed when he experienced a fall, leading to injuries to both his head and abdomen. The LifeFlight helicopter was called to a private property south of Miles…
Vic worker fatally injured in incident involving powerline
A 49-year-old worker has died after an aluminium irrigation pole he was handling contacted an overhead power line at an orchard in northern Victoria. WorkSafe has launched an investigation into the fatality. What WorkSafe has reported According to the regulator, the man was installing irrigation last Thursday and was dealing with a 6.5-metre length o…
Inspection program focuses on construction sites along NSW/ACT border
SafeWork NSW and WorkSafe ACT have partnered in a coordinated approach to improve work health and safety (WHS) on construction sites located along their shared border. The short answer Two regulators are running joint, unannounced inspections on construction sites either side of the NSW–ACT boundary between 16 and 18 September, with fall preven…