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Safe Work Australia releases new guidelines to help enforce the ban on engineered stone(Post)
New guidance has been released by Safe Work Australia to provide assistance to persons conducting a business or undertaking (PCBUs) in understanding their obligations concerning work health and safet ...
NT WorkSafe urges workplaces to remain alert to the potential threat of melioidosis(Post)NT WorkSafe is calling on all businesses in the Territory to exercise caution and take appropriate measures to protect workers from the risk of melioidosis.A Darwin worker was recently diagnosed with ...
New regulations to help prevent work-related psychological injuries in South Australia(Post)New regulations to help workplaces manage the risks of psychological injuries will be introduced in South Australia at the end of this year.According to SafeWork SA, psychological illnesses affect wo ...
Victoria power station operator fined $1.5m over workplace fatality(Post)A Victorian power station operator has been fined $1.5 million after a worker was fatally burned in an explosion four years ago.During the incident in November 2018, a 54-year-old man was installing ...
Company fined over Ettamogah blasting incident(Post)A company has been convicted and fined $300,000 for breaching the WHS Act following a blasting incident north of Albury more than three years ago.The company was also convicted and fined $12,000 at t ...
SafeWork SA assisting businesses in addressing psychosocial hazards(Post)SafeWork SA, in conjunction with ReturnToWorkSA, has launched a free training initiative to support South Australian businesses in recognising and addressing psychosocial threats to employee well-be ...
SafeWork SA issues heatwave warning to employers(Post)As temperatures soar across the State, SafeWork SA reminds employers to implement their hot weather policy or adopt the necessary safety measures to protect workers from heat-related illnesses.Busine ...
Tasmania to expand presumptive cancers list for firefighters(Post)The Tasmanian government has recently introduced legislation to expand the list of presumptive cancers for fire-fighters.Nine more cancers will be added to the presumptive list after the bill tabled ...
Waste management company facing trial after Canberra workplace incident(Post)A waste management company faces a fine of up to $1.5 million after a worker sustained ‘multiple fractures and lacerations’ to his fingers in a workplace incident in Canberra two years ago.The compan ...
Darwin equipment hire company and director receive record fine over excavator death(Post)A Darwin equipment hire company and its managing director have been fined a total of $1.14 million over a fatal workplace incident almost four years ago. This is the highest fine ever imposed fo ...
Safe Work Australia seeks opinions on proposed reduction of workplace exposure standard for aluminium welding fumes(Post)Safe Work Australia is inviting comments on a proposal aimed at decreasing the workplace exposure standard (WES) for aluminium welding fumes from 5 mg/m³ to 1 mg/m³.“We have published a review that r ...
