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Land owners urged to exercise caution when conducting burns near electrical assets(Post)
Preparations for this year’s bushfire season are currently underway with Energy Network and the Queensland Fire and Emergency Services (QFES) urging land owners to prioritise safety when conducting h ...
Safe Work Australia updates WHS data on its beta website(Post)Safe Work Australia has recently released new work health and safety data on its beta site.Safe Work Australia said, “the initial release in March 2023 published dashboards for our key datasets inclu ...
Sydney scaffolding company fined $2 million for workplace death(Post)A company has been ordered to pay millions of dollars by a NSW court after a young worker was killed in a scaffolding collapse at a Sydney construction site in April 2019.The company was fined $2 mil ...
SafeWork warns workplaces following two serious incidents(Post)SafeWork NSW is highlighting the significance of maintaining safety protocols around mobile plant and vehicles after two severe incidents took place within a span of five hours on Thursday. A man in ...
New Zealand steel manufacturer fined after worker killed in crushing incident(Post)A New Zealand steel manufacturing firm has recently received a fine of $330,000 after a worker was fatally injured when nine tonnes of poorly loaded steel fell on him four years ago.In November 2020, ...
Vic trailer manufacturer fined for unsafe lifting operation(Post)A Victorian heavy-duty trailer manufacturer has been fined $25,000 for workplace safety violations after a trailer fell while being lifted, narrowly missing three workers.The company pleaded guilty t ...
Safe Work Australia updates workplace fatality figures(Post)Safe Work Australia has released the latest work related fatality figures.The figures show as at 9 December 2021, 132 Australian workers have been killed at work in 2021.The transport, postal & ...
Mobile lung testing truck scheduled to visit Longreach(Post)The HEART5 Mobile Health Unit is set to arrive in Longreach for the first time early next month to deliver free lung screenings to former mine workers. Resources Safety and Health Queensland’s ...
Share your opinion on SafeWork NSW’s focus areas for the upcoming financial year(Post)The New South Wales Government is requesting input from employers, employees, labor unions, and industry stakeholders regarding SafeWork NSW's regulatory priorities for the fiscal year 2025/26. Acco ...
WA mining company receives fine after employee sustains severe injuries on the job(Post)An underground mining services company has been fined by the Perth Magistrates Court following an incident in which a drill operator suffered spinal and leg injuries while operating heavy machi ...
SafeWork SA issues storage drums warning following fire incidents(Post)Following two separate incidents of explosive fires that led to significant burns among workers, SafeWork SA has alerted employers to the risks involved in cutting into previously used storage ...
