The HEART5 Mobile Health Unit is set to arrive in Longreach for the first time early next month to deliver free lung screenings to former mine workers.
Resources Safety and Health Queensland’s (RSHQ) Health Surveillance Unit Director Evan Pengelly said these assessments played a crucial role in uncovering occupational diseases that might frequen…
A Vic public healthcare provider is facing charges after a patient died at the Royal Melbourne Hospital in June 2024.
The Melbourne-based service is confronted with one charge under section 23(1) of the OHS Act for not ensuring that individuals other than employees were protected from health and safety hazards, as well as one charge under section 26(1…
WorkSafe New Zealand is alerting property owners and those performing building tasks that inspectors' notices are legally obligatory, and failing to comply with them poses a risk to safety.
This comes after the sentencing of a property owner in Palmerston North who disregarded inspectors and persisted in renovating a building known to hold asbestos, d…
The NSW Government has commenced a 12-month Farm Safety Training Program, facilitated by SafeWork NSW, to advance WHS outcomes for farm workers.
The State Government said approximately 1,000 agricultural and farming sector workers will participate in a pilot of the Farm Safety Training Program, which aims to enhance their understanding of Work Health…
The Queensland Government is urging primary school students to express their creativity and assist in promoting the farm safety message by participating in the 2027 Farm Safety Calendar competition.
The competition, which emphasises the significance of maintaining safety on farms and within rural communities, was recently launched by Deputy Prem…
The National Heavy Vehicle Regulator is encouraging drivers to opt for safer decisions in order to mitigate road trauma throughout Australia during this National Road Safety Week.
NHVR Chief Operations Officer Paul Salvati said this year's Road Safety Week theme - Drive So Others Survive emphasises that every road user plays a role in minimising accid…
The NSW Resources Regulator has recently published its safety report for the first quarter of 2026—January to March—indicating that 567 incident notifications were received, marking a 13% rise from the prior quarter and a 5% rise compared to the same period in FY 2025.
The report indicates that there were no workplace deaths during the qua…
SafeWork SA is advising South Australians to be conscious of the threats posed by roll-away vehicles as part of its extensive new workplace safety initiative; ‘Safety at work is a serious job.’
The program features Stanley, the ‘talking safety cone,’ providing guidance on serious workplace threats, including the risk of roll-aw…
The theme for National Safe Work Month 2026 has been revealed.
The theme for this year, 'Safe work is for life', signifies the primary goal of WHS: to eliminate workplace fatalities, injuries, and diseases, while also highlighting the long-term repercussions that workplace harm can inflict on workers, their families, businesses, and communities.
Every…
A farmer was fatally injured after rolling his quad bike in northeast Victoria.
Reports indicated the man, 72, was mustering cattle on a quad bike last Thursday when the vehicle rolled over, pinning him beneath it.
WorkSafe investigators visited the scene.
The fatality marks the 14th verified work-related death and the fifth within the agriculture sec…
A person has passed away after being hit by a tree on a farm in Waikato.
Police said emergency crews were alerted to the farm located in the rural region of Kopaki at 1:40 PM on Saturday afternoon.
Preliminary police investigations suggested the person was in the process of felling the tree when it collapsed and struck them.
Police said WorkSafe is aw…
According to data from Safe Work Australia, the total number of Australian workers killed at work this year has now reached 43.
The transport, postal, and warehousing sector tops the list with 21 fatalities.
The Agriculture, forestry, and fishing sectors rank second with 8 deaths, while mining follows in third place with 6 fatalities.
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