Safe Work Australia has revised the ‘Guide to managing the risks of rooftop solar installation work’ by adding guidance for the management of work health and safety (WHS) risks associated with battery installation.
What the revised guide adds
Short answer: the updated guide now explains how duty holders control hazards when batteries are f…
Judging is complete for the 2025 Work Health and Safety Excellence Awards, with 42 finalists shortlisted across five categories and winners to be announced on 28 October at Optus Stadium in Perth.
2025 shortlist at a glance
Finalists: 42 nominees chosen by an independent judging panel
Entries: a record 138 submissions, up more than 50 per cent year o…
A freight handler has been killed after a towing vehicle struck him at Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport on Sunday morning. Emergency services were called about 10:30 AM to reports of a critically hurt ground crew member, and paramedics were unable to revive him.
Early reports indicate the man working airside at Sydney Airport had been struck while cargo…
Quick answer: Throughout September, the NHVR calls upon road users to be more vigilant on remote and regional roads during Rural Road Safety Month, following 205 fatalities from truck-related crashes across the past financial year — almost 60% of them outside city limits.
The National Heavy Vehicle Regulator (NHVR) urges all road users to be vigilant…
Cattle musterer flown to hospital following helicopter crash in Queensland
A young cattle musterer was airlifted for treatment after his chopper came down in Queensland's north west on Saturday morning. The pilot, aged in his twenties, freed himself from the wreckage near Mt Isa and used a hand-held radio to summon help, before paramedics treated him…
SafeWork NSW urges companies to foster an R U OK? culture in their work environments — asking every employer, supervisor and worker to treat checking in on a colleague as ordinary business rather than a once-a-year gesture.
Quick summary
The regulator wants each business to build a climate where anyone can ask "are you OK?" and hear an honest reply.…
In road transport, safety doesn’t stop with the driver. Australia’s Chain of Responsibility (CoR) laws make it clear that everyone in the supply chain has a part to play in keeping roads safe.
If a heavy vehicle is overloaded, driven by a fatigued operator, or scheduled on an impossible timetable, liability doesn’t rest with the drive…
A man in his 60s was airlifted to hospital after his tractor flipped over an embankment in the Gladstone region, suffering upper-body and spinal injuries. He was treated at the scene by rescue crews and road paramedics before being flown south for further care.
What happened at Miriam Vale
A LifeFlight rescue helicopter was tasked to Miriam Vale abou…
In short: NT WorkSafe advises Territorians to prioritise lithium-ion battery safety during Electrical Safety Week, after three Northern Territory blazes were traced to power banks and a mobile phone left on charge.
September's first week in the Top End is recognised as Electrical Safety Week, and this year NT WorkSafe is urging Territorians to keep re…
News in brief: WorkSafe Victoria has charged a traffic management company over the death of a traffic controller struck on the Eastern Freeway in August 2023. Charges allege the firm failed to provide a safe working method and did not control the risk faced by employees inspecting streetlights beside live roads.
Eastern Freeway fatality: what occurred…
Safe Work Australia has released its activity kit for this year's National Safe Work Month, handing Australian employers a free bundle of resources that follows each phase of the risk management process. October's theme — safety: every job, every day — asks every workplace to make protection routine, whatever the occupation, industry, locat…
Safe Work Australia has published a new model Code of Practice for controlling respirable crystalline silica risks at work, giving businesses a clear management framework that safeguards employees from silica exposure.
The federal safety agency said the recently released model Code offers employers essential information on complying with the WHS Regul…
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