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New towns in North Queensland set to benefit from HEART5 and no-cost lung health assessments(Post)
Resources Safety and Health Queensland has announced that The HEART5 Mobile Health Unit will arrive in Hughenden and Charters Towers this week for its inaugural visit. It is also making its way back ...
VIC plumber penalised for driving utility vehicle with worker inside toolbox(Post)A plumbing company director in Victoria has received a fine of $20,000 for driving his utility vehicle with a teenage worker confined within a toolbox.The 31-year-old director was given a sentence in ...
SafeWork SA issues warning following fatal incident involving grain bin(Post)SafeWork SA is alerting employers about the dangers linked to working in confined spaces, in light of a tragic incident involving the death of a farmer in a grain bin this past June.Inspectors f ...
Sydney event commemorates workers killed on the job(Post)SafeWork NSW has attended the 2024 International Day of Mourning event hosted by Unions NSW, to honour those affected by workplace incidents.The event held in Sydney served as a commemoration for wor ...
Victorian feedlot operator fined after electric shock death(Post)A Victorian company was sentenced after a worker was fatally electrocuted while operating a telehandler three years ago.The Wimmera based feedlot operator was fined $140,000 and ordered to pay c ...
Sydney roofing company fined over serious fall injuries(Post)A Sydney roofing company was recently sentenced in the NSW District Court for breaches of safety regulations after a worker fell from a roof at a worksite in 2019.Head of SafeWork NSW Natasha Mann sa ...
Funding provided to mitigate psychological distress in WA workplaces(Post)The Western Australian Government has revealed its decision to allocate $4 million in grants to mitigate psychological harm within workplaces. “The Mentally Healthy Workplaces Grant Program su ...
Safe Work Australia updates Aluminium (welding fumes) WES reduction(Post)Safe Work Australia has announced that the workplace exposure standard (WES) for aluminium (welding fumes) has been decreased from 5 mg/m³ to 1 mg/m³, based on an 8-hour time-weighted aver ...
Safe Work Australia releases new WHS profile for nursing, care, and support workforce(Post)Safe Work Australia has introduced a new Work Health and Safety profile for the nursing, care, and support workforce, based on the National Dataset for Compensation-based Statistics and ABS Census d ...
Safe Work Australia unveils innovative tools for reporting WHS data(Post)Safe Work Australia has introduced new tools for reporting Work Health and Safety (WHS) data.According to Safe Work, the recently introduced dashboard for tracking the frequency rate of workers' comp ...
New SafeWork SA initiative focused on the retail industry(Post)The retail sector is the focus of a new campaign by SafeWork SA, which aims to protect workers from slips, trips, falls, and injuries caused by heavy lifting and repetitive tasks.Starting in Mar ...
