Safe Work Australia has published the last workplace fatality data update for 2023.The data includes work-related deaths recorded from 1 January 2023 to 7 December 2023.The latest figures published by the safety authority show a total of 147 Australian workers have died in workplace incidents.Of the 147 fatalities, 44 were in Transport, postal and ware…
Australia will become the first country in the world to ban engineered stone products to protect workers from respirable crystalline silica.The ban will take effect on 1 July 2024 after workplace safety ministers met on Wednesday and agreed to support a national ban.A report published by federal safety agency Safe Work Australia in October recomme…
A Darwin company and its manager are facing charges under the WHS Act for exposing workers to fall hazards.The Northern Territory's workplace safety watchdog said on Tuesday it has charged the company with three counts of breaching workplace health and safety regulations for ‘failing their primary duty of care’ and failing to follow safety rules.W…
A worker died after being trapped underneath a vehicle in Tasman on Monday afternoon.Police said they were called to the incident at Golden Bay just before 3.40pm.The worker passed away at the scene.WorkSafe has been informed.Read the original article here.…
A man has died in a workplace incident in Western Australia.Emergency services attended the incident at a South Boulder workshop at around midday on Monday.Reports indicated a man in his 20s became trapped in machinery.WorkSafe will investigate the fatal incident.Source: ABC News website.…
A quad bike rollover in the Toowoomba Region has claimed the life of a 44-year old man and left another with arm injuries.Police said the quad bike rolled at Kingsthorpe on Saturday afternoon.The man died at the scene.Ambulance paramedics transported a man in his 20s to Toowomba Hospital following the incidentA police investigation into the cause of th…
A new study has revealed that silica is not the only substance in engineered stone products that can cause damage to the lungs.In a study led by Dr Chandnee Ramkissoon from the University of Adelaide’s School of Public Health, researchers from the University of Tasmania and the University of Adelaide collected dust from 50 engineered stones and ex…
A factory worker is missing and two others have been taken to hospital after a huge blaze engulfed a Melbourne factory on Friday afternoon.Dozens of firefighters battled the blaze for close to nine hours before bringing it under control.Fire Rescue Victoria confirmed one factory worker was missing after the blaze.Two firefighters who sustained minor in…
A man has been killed in a quad bike incident north of Timaru.Emergency services arrived at the scene shortly before midnight on Saturday.Police said the rider died after his quad bike veered off the road in Milford.The incident is under investigation, according to police.First published here.…
A Victorian company was sentenced after a worker was fatally electrocuted while operating a telehandler three years ago.The Wimmera based feedlot operator was fined $140,000 and ordered to pay costs after recently pleading guilty to two counts under the Victorian OHS Act in the Horsham Magistrates' Court.In November 2020, the 29-year-old man was s…
NT WorkSafe has released new resources to assist heavy vehicle operators manage the risks associated with driver fatigue.NT WorkSafe Executive Director Peggy Cheong said the State’s workplace safety watchdog consulted widely before publishing the new guide.“I would like to thank our key stakeholders for taking the time to assist in the development of t…
The South Australian parliament has recently passed laws to criminalise industrial manslaughter.Under the new laws, an individual can face a maximum prison sentence of 20 years and $18 million fine for a company ‘if they are reckless or grossly negligent in conduct which breaches a work health and safety duty and results in the death of another person.…