Risks associated with loading, unloading, and working around vehicles will be the focus of a SafeWork inspection program scheduled for early next week in the Wagga Wagga region.Minister for Fair Trading Eleni Petinos said tasks performed around vehicles are a leading cause of death and serious injuries in road transport and logistics. Ms Petinos said…
The fight against occupational dust lung diseases has received a major boost after the Queensland Government announced it will dedicate more than $3 million to medical research to prevent these diseases.Industrial Relations Minister Grace Grace said the Palaszczuk Government had promised to invest $5m of medical research into occupational dust lung dis…
The NSW Resources Regulator reminds mine operators to submit their annual work health and safety reports for the 2021-22 financial year before the end of this month.Under clause 130 of the WHS (Mines and Petroleum Sites) Regulation 2014, certain mine operators are required to submit a work health and safety report for each financial year to the Resourc…
A cargo services company has recently been fined $110,000 following an incident in which a baggage handler suffered serious injuries when he fell from a moving vehicle at a Perth airport.
The company was fined by a Perth court after pleading guilty to failing to provide a safe workplace following the August 2018 incident.
WorkSafe said the man w…
WorkSafe reminds employers and workers to prioritise safety when working around trucks following the deaths of four workers in the past two months. The safety regulator says two workers sustained serious injuries while loading hot wax onto a tanker in West Melbourne last week.
WorkSafe Executive Director Health and Safety Narelle Beer urged emplo…
National heavy vehicle regulator (NHVR) has recently registered a new industry code of practice for the Tasmanian agricultural and horticultural industries. The Tasmanian Agricultural and Horticultural Registered Industry Code of Practice identifies measures that can be taken to reduce incidents involving heavy vehicles in the agricultural an…
Latest data from Safe Work Australia reveals that the Transport, postal & warehousing industry is still the most dangerous industry, with 35 on-the-job deaths so far this year.The Agriculture, forestry & fishing industry follows with 19 fatalities, and Construction comes third with nine work-related deaths.Electricity, gas, water & waste se…
The growth in electric vehicle use has prompted WorkSafe Victoria to remind employers to provide adequate training and supervision to workers to enable them to work safely.The safety watchdog issued the reminder after the new federal Motor Vehicle Service and Repair Information Sharing Scheme took effect at the beginning of this month.WorkSafe Executiv…
A NSW scaffolding company has pleaded guilty to work safety breaches that killed a worker and seriously injured another more than three years ago. The man died from injuries sustained in a scaffolding collapse at a construction site in April 2019.The company entered the guilty plea to a category 1 offence under section 31 of the Work Health and S…
Farmsafe Australia’s annual Safer Farms Report shows there were 46 farm deaths in Australia in 2021. This is 12 fewer deaths compared to 2020 and 2019.Farmsafe said the report encourages the agricultural industry to work towards zero fatalities.Felicity Richards, Chairperson of Farmsafe Australia, says the farming industry made significant progress tow…
Victoria’s workplace health and safety watchdog has filed charges against two companies after a fatal workplace incident at a Melbourne construction site in August 2021.WorkSafe said a 23 year-old man was found unresponsive beside a scaffold at the site. He was taken to hospital, where he later died.The safety watchdog alleges that both companies contr…
A man died in a workplace incident at an Auckland construction site on Monday morning.Emergency crews were called to the incident in Wiri about 10.30 am.Police said the man died at the scene, and WorkSafe has been notified.Read the original story here.…