The Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions has charged the department of defence with federal safety violations after two soldiers were killed in a vehicle rollover in north Queensland.The soldiers were fatally injured when their vehicle rolled on an unsealed road in August 2021 during a training exercise.The defence department faces a singl…
A worker has suffered serious injuries following a cherrypicker incident in Melbourne.Emergency crews were called to a shopping complex in Malvern East on Friday morning after the incident.The man in his 30s was rushed to the Alfred Hospital suffering upper and lower body injuries.A WorkSafe investigation into the incident is ongoing.Read the orig…
Tough new regulations banning the uncontrolled processing of engineered stone products are now in effect in South Australia.The new regulations require businesses working with engineered stone to put in place safety measures to prevent exposure to silica dust.Minister for Industrial Relations and Public Sector Kyam Maher said cases of silicosis in…
A young girl was injured in a quad bike rollover in the Gympie region on Monday afternoon.Paramedics were called to a property near Widgee soon after the incident.The girl was treated at the scene before being flown to the Queensland Children’s Hospital in a stable condition.The above article was originally published here.…
A woman is recuperating in hospital after sustaining serious injuries in a horse fall in the South Burnett region.The woman in her 40s suffered multiple injuries in the Tuesday morning incident in Nanango.She was flown to Toowoomba Hospital in a serious condition by a LifeFlight Rescue chopper.Read the original article here.…
The Hazardous Chemical Information System has been updated.Safe Work Australia recently announced more than 300 chemicals have been added or updated on the system.HCIS is an online database that provides information on chemicals that have been classified in accordance with the Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labelling of Chemicals (GHS…
WorkSafe has launched an investigation following the death of a Melbourne electrician on Tuesday morning.A 60-year-old man died after falling from a ladder at a construction site in Greenvale just after 11am. A total of 44 Victorian workers have been killed on the job so far this year.Source: WorkSafe Victoria…
A person has died in an incident at a South Auckland workplace.The incident happened on Wednesday afternoon.About 12.30pm, emergency services were called to Wiri following reports of a fatal incident.WorkSafe has been informed.Source: New Zealand Police…
Safe Work Australia has recently released new guidance material to help employers prepare asbestos registers in the workplace.Safe Work Australia describes an asbestos register as a ‘workplace safety management tool that records the location, type, condition and date of identification of all asbestos and asbestos containing materials at your workplace.…
The NHVR is urging drivers travelling on rural roads to be extra careful around heavy vehicles this Rural Road Safety Month.September is Rural Road Safety Month - an initiative of the Australian Road Safety Foundation (ARSF) that helps promote safety on rural roads.Statistics show about 65% of fatal road incidents occur in rural areas.The theme for thi…
A worker was treated in hospital for smoke inhalation after a fire broke out at a Napier business on Thursday afternoon.Emergency services responded to reports of a fire at the pallet company shortly before 1.30pm.Paramedics took a man in his 40s to Hawke’s Bay Hospital after the incident.He was treated and later released from hospital.Originally publi…
A Queensland cattle company and two of its employees are facing ‘reckless conduct charges’ after a cattle station worker lost his arm in a workplace incident.The worker's hand was crushed by a post driver while working on a fence at a cattle station in the Katherine region in November 2022.The Northern Territory work health and safety watchdog has char…