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What is a Scaffold: Hazards, Standards, and Installation of Scaffolding
What is a Scaffold: Hazards, Standards, and Installation of Scaffolding
Scaffolding Explained A scaffold is a movable or temporary platform that provides workers access to a work area when working at a height above the floor or ground. They are erected using scaffolding poles, which are interconnected to form a secure structure. Scaffold refers to the temporary platform itself, while scaffolding refers to the entire system…
Comcare files charges against construction firm for worker fall injuries
Comcare has charged a construction company with breaching federal work health and safety legislation after a worker suffered serious injuries in a fall of more than six metres. The matter was brought by the Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions and involves a single Category 2 offence carrying a maximum fine of $1.5 million. What Comcare allege…
Vic firms face penalties for neglecting fall hazards
Vic firms face penalties for neglecting fall hazards at more than double last year's pace. Victoria's workplace safety watchdog has initiated legal action against 34 businesses for noncompliance with height safety regulations in the first six months of 2025, as efforts to avert catastrophic falls persist. Enforcement over fall hazards accelerates in 2…
LifeFlight transports woman to hospital following ATV incident
A female ATV rider in her 20s was airlifted to hospital on Tuesday morning after a rollover on rural property in South West Queensland. She was treated at the scene for suspected arm injuries and chest trauma, then flown to Toowoomba Hospital, where she remained stable that afternoon. What Happened LifeFlight's Surat Gas Aeromedical Service helicopte…
WorkSafe probing fatal mine incident near Wiluna
In brief: WorkSafe is probing a fatal mine incident near Wiluna after a worker was killed at a site in Western Australia's Goldfields region, roughly 900 kilometres north-east of Perth. Investigators travelling from Perth, alongside WorkSafe Mines Safety inspectors based in Kalgoorlie, have attended the location to establish how the work-related death…
Fake inspector prompts alert from SafeWork SA
Quick answer: SafeWork SA has issued a warning to employers after a man impersonated an inspector and ran a roadside drug and alcohol test on two workers at Victor Harbor on 19 July 2025. Posing as an official under the Work Health and Safety Act 2012 (SA) is an offence carrying a maximum fine of $10,000. Fake inspector prompts alert from SafeWork SA…
What Is a Permit to Work? Key Requirements & When to Use One
What Is a Permit to Work? Key Requirements & When to Use One
In high-risk industries, having the right safety controls in place can mean the difference between a safe day at work and a serious incident. One of the most effective tools for managing high-risk activities is the Permit to Work (PTW). The importance of PTWs lies in their role in creating a safe working environment by ensuring that all necessary safet…
NSW Resources Regulator releases yearly results of major visibility campaign
NSW Resources Regulator releases yearly results of major visibility campaign: across 2025 inspections, most operators had effective safety controls in place, and workers could clearly explain lessons drawn from earlier incidents. Held over 10 days from late June into early July 2025, the program examined significant incidents at underground and surfac…
WorkSafe reminds tradies their most valuable asset is not found in the toolbox
WorkSafe reminds tradies their most valuable asset is not found in the toolbox WorkSafe Victoria is urging tradies to think of their body as the most important tool they own — and to protect it from pain, strain and injury during Tradies National Health Month. Musculoskeletal disorders remain the leading injury type across Victoria's construction sect…
Key sectors on WorkSafe's watchlist to minimise injuries
In short: WorkSafe Victoria will concentrate its prevention effort on five key industry sectors — health care and social assistance, construction, government, agriculture and manufacturing — because those industries account for almost 60 percent of deaths at work and accepted injury records logged across the past five years. WorkSafe Victoria has rece…