The NT's workplace safety watchdog has issued a safety alert highlighting the risks of working in ceiling spaces after an electrician fell from a roof after suffering an electric shock in Darwin.NT WorkSafe Acting Executive Director Anthony Waite reminds electrical workers to always disconnect the power supply before commencing work to reduce the risk…
Essential Energy reminds customers to put safety first when hanging Christmas lights this holiday season.The electricity distributor has provided customers with electrical safety tips for the home.“Christmas is a very busy time of year for everyone, and Essential Energy wants to make sure we are doing everything we can to keep our communities and our p…
The Tasmanian Government has voiced its support for a national ban on the use of engineered stone in Australia.Workplace Health and Safety ministers agreed to support a prohibition on the use of engineered stone in a recent meeting.Minister for Workplace Safety and Consumer Affairs, Madeleine Ogilvie said the ban shows the Government is committed to pr…
The South Australian Employment Tribunal has sentenced a shed company following an incident in which a worker was seriously injured after plunging through a roof.The worker suffered multiple injuries after falling through a shed roof, more than 3 metres onto a concrete floor in October 2021.The Victor Harbor company was fined $90,000 after a…
The NSW Resources Regulator has released a final report after two workers were injured at an underground coal mine in the Hunter region.The workers sustained serious injuries while installing pipes at the mine on 17 May 2022.Safety inspectors were sent to the mine to investigate the incident.The Regulator has published a number of recommendations follo…
A firefighter was killed while fighting a blaze in Sydney's north-west last week.Emergency crews were called to Grose Vale at around 8am on December 12 following reports of a house fire.The 51-year-old man was struck by a falling beam while battling the huge blaze.Fellow firefighters performed CPR but the man died at the scene.Read more here.…
A factory blaze that killed a worker and injured two others is being probed by WorkSafe Victoria.WorkSafe said the workers were ‘decanting a Class 3 Dangerous Good’ on 8 December 2023 when the incident occurred.The death brings the state’s workplace fatality toll in 2023 to 60, 11 fewer than at the same time last year.Source: WorkSafe Victoria web…
A child is being treated in hospital for injuries sustained in a quad bike crash in Invercargill. The child suffered serious injuries after a quad bike struck a stump on Saturday afternoon.The child was treated at the scene and taken to Southland hospital in a serious condition.First published here.…
A man suffered leg injuries in an incident involving machinery at a South Australian workplace on Friday morning.Police were called to a recycling depot in Adelaide after the man in his 50s reportedly became trapped in machinery.He was transported to Flinders Medical Centre suffering a broken leg.SafeWork SA has opened an investigation into the in…
Victoria’s workplace safety watchdog has launched an investigation after a driver was killed when his truck collided with a train on Tuesday afternoon.WorkSafe said the truck was towing a low loader trailer in Geelong when the vehicle became stuck on a level crossing.Sixty-one Victorian workers have died on the job this year, according to WorkSafe data…
A worker suffered fatal injuries after being struck by a truck in northern NSW.The man was hit by the truck while working on a highway east of Walgett on Tuesday afternoon.Emergency crews were sent to the scene at about 1.30pm.Paramedics also attended but the man was pronounced dead at the scene.Safe Work Australia will investigate the fatality.So…
Safe Work Australia has welcomed the decision by workplace safety ministers to ban engineered stone in Australia.
The safety agency says it will move with speed to implement the ban, adding that the prohibition will help improve health and safety in Australian workplaces.
“Workplace exposure to respirable crystalline silica has led to an unac…