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Company and director fined for safety breaches
A Victorian brick manufacturing company and its director have been fined more $50,000 after a worker was seriously injured in a forklift incident in July 2019.The Ballarat Magistrates' Court heard how the worker was crushed between a forklift and a pallet that was against a wall. He underwent surgery after suffering musculoskeletal injuries.The company…
Spotlight on silica dust and mental health in SafeWork NSW inspection program
Inspectors from SafeWork NSW are visiting construction sites across the state to talk with workers about the health risks of silica dust exposure and mental ill-health.SafeWork NSW Executive Director of Compliance and Dispute Resolution Tony Williams said inspectors will be speaking with principal contractors and site supervisors during the visits.Sili…
SafeWork SA issues expiation notices for high risk work without licence
Two construction companies have recently received expiation notices from SafeWork SA for allowing workers to undertake high risk work without the appropriate licence.SafeWork Australia said it was notified that a vehicle loading crane overturned during the unloading of a stillage containing electrical conduits on 15 November 2021. An investigation cond…
Darwin business fined for multiple Covid-19 rule breaches
A Darwin business has been shut down for multiple failures to comply with the Chief Health Officer (CHO) directions.NT police attended the Coconut Grove premises following reports that workers were not wearing masks.Police said the business owner and two workers, who were on duty when the officers attended, are not vaccinated. Incident Controller Virgi…
Safe Work Australia releases new solar ultraviolet radiation (UVR) fact sheet
Safe Work Australia has produced a fact sheet on the risks of solar UVR exposure at work.Australia has one of the highest rates of skin cancer in the world, with at least two in three Australians being diagnosed with skin cancer by the age of 70.According to Safe Work Australia, outdoor workers are at high risk of exposure to solar ultraviolet radiatio…
Union slams NSW Government over new Covid-19 isolation rules
A union has condemned the decision by the NSW Government to allow essential asymptomatic close contacts to go to work without isolating.Terming the decision as reckless, the Transport Workers Union said the changes will cause infections to rise."Workers are being thrown to the wolves by a government that continues to ignore all the warnings," said the…
New iCare training program helps employers respond to workplace mental health
NSW state insurer icare has recently launched a new training program to help employers improve workplace mental health.The new 'More than mental health skills' training program aims to encourage businesses to take a more strategic approach to work-related psychosocial risks.Caringa Australia participated in the new course and found the content very pra…
Two construction workers injured after balcony collapses northwest of Sydney
Emergency services were called to a construction site at Kings Langley Thursday morning after a balcony collapsed.Two construction workers were lucky to escape serious injury after a balcony on the second storey of a house collapsed.  Emergency services responded to the incident just after 9am.The two men aged in their 30s suffered only minor…