Quick answer: WorkSafe Victoria experts will organise a state-wide series of workplace safety events for Health and Safety Month 2025, pairing 19 face-to-face gatherings across the state with 12 online briefings covering injury prevention, occupational health and return-to-work outcomes.
Health and Safety Month 2025 at a glance
Launch date: Wednesday…
A 57-year-old man was fatally struck by a forklift inside a Matraville warehouse in Sydney's east early on Monday morning. Paramedics could not revive him, and the site now sits under regulator scrutiny.
SafeWork NSW is conducting investigations into the death of a man that occurred on Monday morning at a Sydney workplace.
Emergency services rushed t…
A man was flown to the hospital by the LifeFlight aeromedical team following injuries sustained in a fall on Tuesday afternoon.
Reports suggest the man in his 40s was involved in roofing work on a shed when he experienced a fall, leading to injuries to both his head and abdomen.
The LifeFlight helicopter was called to a private property south of Miles…
A 49-year-old worker has died after an aluminium irrigation pole he was handling contacted an overhead power line at an orchard in northern Victoria. WorkSafe has launched an investigation into the fatality.
What WorkSafe has reported
According to the regulator, the man was installing irrigation last Thursday and was dealing with a 6.5-metre length o…
From 1 October 2025, NSW businesses must register silica-exposed workers with SafeWork NSW. The NSW Resources Regulator has reminded metal mine and quarry operators that the silica worker register requirement takes effect on that date under the Work Health and Safety Regulation 2017.
Key points
Start date: 1 October 2025.
Coverage: all metal mines an…
SafeWork NSW and WorkSafe ACT have partnered in a coordinated approach to improve work health and safety (WHS) on construction sites located along their shared border.
The short answer
Two regulators are running joint, unannounced inspections on construction sites either side of the NSW–ACT boundary between 16 and 18 September, with fall preven…
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.…
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