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Northern Territory approves new Codes of Practice(Post)
The Northern Territory Government has recently granted approval for new Codes of Practice under the Work Health and Safety (National Uniform Legislation) Act 2011.Some of the approved Codes of Practi ...
Mechanic critical after truck rolls on him in southern Queensland(Post)A mechanic was severely injured after being crushed by a truck at a worksite near Toowoomba on Thursday evening.At around 7.30pm, a man in his twenties was preparing a truck to be towed at Pilton whe ...
Darwin equipment company plead guilty over fatal workplace incident (Post)A Darwin equipment hire company and its managing director recently pleaded guilty to workplace safety violations that led to the death of a worker. The 30-year-old man was helping load an excavator o ...
Man struck by metal beam at Logan workplace(Post)A man in his 50s has sustained severe injuries following a workplace incident in South East Queensland. The incident happened shortly after 9am on Friday in Loganholme, where it is believed ste ...
Light aircraft crash claims life of WA pilot(Post)A man lost his life when the light aircraft he was flying crashed in the Midwest region of Western Australia on Friday morning. A member of the public reported the sighting of wreckage in Ogilvie, a ...
Safe Work Australia updates work-related fatality data for this year(Post)Safe Work Australia's most recent data discloses that 29 Australian workers have been killed at work this year.Transport postal and warehousing industry has the highest number of fatalities at 7, fol ...
Victorian health service facing charges over death of patient(Post)A Victorian health service has been charged by WorkSafe after a mental health patient died at a Melbourne Hospital two years ago.The charge against the health service is in relation to their failure ...
Manager to front court following deadly factory blaze in Melbourne(Post)WorkSafe has filed charges against the general manager of a chemical production firm following the death of an employee at a Melbourne factory two years ago. The 44-year-old man was working at the f ...
Regulator raises alarm over rising number of bulldozer incidents across NSW mines(Post)The NSW Resources Regulator has issued a safety bulletin following an increase in bulldozer related incidents across the state’s mine sites.Since January 2022, the regulator has received reports of s ...
Construction industry case study published(Post)Safe Work Australia has released a new case study for the construction industry.The case study explains how the four model Work Health and Safety (WHS) Act principles apply to WHS duties.Safe Work Au ...
Forty New Zealand workers killed on the job this year (Post)A total of 40 New Zealand workers have been fatally injured at work this year, latest WorkSafe statistics reveal.The Transport Postal and Warehousing experienced the highest number of fatal inci ...
