Mackay's ex-mining and quarry workforce has one last chance to book a no-cost lung check-up in 2025. HEART5 returns to the Resources Centre of Excellence from Tuesday, December 2, until Thursday, December 4 — the final regional stop scheduled before the festive break.
Former mine and quarry employees will have one final opportunity to obtain a free lu…
In short: The NSW Government urges workplaces across the state to stay alert to fibre exposure risks during National Asbestos Awareness Week, held Monday 24 November to Sunday 30 November, with sharp focus on construction, maintenance and demolition sites where legacy building products get disturbed.
Data reveals that more than 4,000 Australians succu…
Quick answer: Victorian primary producers should prioritise safety for the busiest weeks of the crop calendar — rostering around adequate breaks, inspecting plant before each day begins, and treating fatigue management as a genuine hazard control rather than a paperwork task.
Roster operators so recovery time and adequate breaks are guaranteed,…
Safe Work Australia has published the results of the 2025 National Return to Work (NRTW) Survey, and the headline figure is a national return to work rate of 88.9% — down from 91.6% in 2021. The findings point to slower recovery pathways and a widening gap between physical and psychosocial recovery outcomes across Australian industry.
Safe Work Austra…
An experienced volunteer firefighter has died while fighting a scrub blaze in South Australia's Eyre Peninsula. Crew members located the 65-year-old at Pinkawillinie Conservation Park on Sunday afternoon, yet he could not be rescued.
News of the loss has resonated with volunteers and career crews nationwide.
Incident summary
Who: A 65-year-old Wirra…
Comcare honours outstanding achievements in WHS every year, and the 2025 recipients were announced in Canberra. Winning entries covered psychosocial risk management, vehicle safety improvements and early injury intervention.
Comcare's National Work Health and Safety Awards celebrate prevention alongside recovery, spotlighting programs that speed rehab…
Resources Safety and Health Queensland (RSHQ) has released an industry-wide safety alert after a worker became trapped between two vehicles at a coal mining site in Central Queensland. No serious injuries were reported, though inspectors warn the near miss carried fatal potential.
Full details of the regulator's news release appear below, alongside pr…
A worker has died after being struck by a falling steel beam at a NSW plant. Reports stated that the beam dropped from a crane and fatally hit the worker around 10:30 am on Monday.
Paramedics discovered the man in his 20s suffering from severe injuries, but unfortunately, he could not be saved and succumbed at the scene. Through a spokesperson, SafeWo…
Australia's national policy body has released a new model Code of Practice that gives workplaces clear guidelines on managing fatigue risks, and duty holders are expected to act before tired crews get hurt.
Safe Work Australia has published a new model Code of Practice offering practical advice to employers on managing health and safety risks linked t…
Safe Work Australia has reduced the workplace exposure standard (WES) for aluminium (welding fumes) from 5 mg/m³ to 1 mg/m³, based on an 8-hour time-weighted average measurement. Tighter limits bring aluminium welding fumes into line with the value already set for welding fumes (not otherwise classified).
Aluminium (welding fumes) WES reduct…
Quick answer: A man was flown to hospital after becoming trapped beneath a 10-tonne truck in south-east Queensland during weekend repairs. Paramedics treated him for a serious lower leg injury before a rescue helicopter crew airlifted him to Toowoomba Hospital, where he reached the emergency department in stable condition.
What happened in the Souther…
Non-compliance warnings issued during significant statewide campaign to safeguard NSW employees
In short: SafeWork NSW inspectors handed 736 non-compliance notices to 261 businesses during a statewide blitz in October, the biggest enforcement push since the regulator became independent.
The NSW government has intensified its initiatives to safeguard…
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