New Electrical Regulations for QLD from 1 Jan 2025
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Thirty five new graduates will join the SafeWork inspectorate team to help ensure NSW workers return home safely at the end of each day. SafeWork says the new inspectors who recently graduated from the New Inspector Training Program will be sent to workplaces across the state to work with the local communities.According to the workplace safety agency,…
A fruit grower and a labour hire company are facing charges following the death of a 70-year-old worker who fell from a moving trailer in north-west Victoria two years ago. The trailer was being towed by a tractor at the time of the incident. WorkSafe has charged the fruit company with five breaches of section 23(1) of the Occupational Health and Safet…
An Auckland worker was rushed to the hospital in a critical condition after a shipping container incident on Thursday morning.Emergency services were called to the incident in South Auckland at about 9.40am.The worker was transported to Middlemore Hospital with critical injuries.WorkSafe has been notified of the incident.Read the original article …
The South Australian Government seeks stakeholder input on the draft Work Health and Safety (Review Recommendations) Amendment Bill 2024.The draft bill was developed following an independent review of SafeWork SA in 2022.“The Government has considered the recommendations of the Independent Review and public feedback provided through this consultation p…
A pilot died on Saturday morning after crashing his light aircraft in Western Australia’s Wheatbelt region.Police said the incident happened at Beverley at about 11am.The pilot, a man aged in his 60s, was the sole occupant of the plane and he died in the crash.Recreational Aviation Australia is aware of the crash.Read the original article here.…
The NSW Resources Regulator has released its annual mine safety performance report.The report provides a summary of the mining industry’s health and safety performance in 2022–23.The report reveals one NSW mine worker was fatally injured and 83 others were seriously injured in 2022-23.“For operators, the report can help guide future health and safety i…
The Northern Territory's workplace safetywatchdog warns owners of LP gas appliances against using adaptors to connect their gas appliance to portable gas cylinders following a serious barbecue incident in Western Australia last month.The incident left a Perth home owner with serious burns, according to NT WorkSafe.“Initial findings from the Western Aus…
A woman was fatally injured after she fell from her quad bike in New Zealand’s Waikato region.The incident happened on Dec 27 at around 5pm.Emergency crews attended.Authorities are investigating the circumstances that led to the incident.Originally published here.…
A woman was flown to hospital with head injuries after falling from her horse in South East Queensland.The RACQ LifeFlight Rescue helicopter was called to the Lockyer Valley region on Thursday afternoon.Paramedics treated the woman in her 20s at the scene before the rescue chopper flew her to the Princess Alexandra Hospital.Read the original artic…
A man was killed in a tractor incident in far north Queensland on Friday morning. Emergency crews rushed to an East Palmerston property shortly before 9am following reports of a tractor rollover. Paramedics said the man suffered critical head injuries during the incident. He died at the scene. A police investigation is ongoing. First…