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Waikato landfill avoids prosecution despite safety breaches(Post)
A Waikato landfill has avoided prosecution following a fatal workplace incident after WorkSafe NZ accepted an enforceable undertaking submitted by the company.The March 2020 incident happened when a ...
Heavy vehicle operators urged to check brakes before starting a journey(Post)The National Heavy Vehicle Regulator (NHVR) reminds operators to check their brakes before starting their journey.NHVR said recent vehicle checks in the Blue Mountains region revealed that 5.2 percen ...
Victorian company and its director facing charges in connection with the death of a fatigued driver(Post)WorkSafe has filed charges against a Keysborough-based warehousing and logistics firm and its director after a delivery driver died in August 2022.The employee had been working for 12 hours continuou ...
Chain of Responsibility: Managing Road Safety the Easiest Way(Post)One hundred seventy-seven people lost their lives in crashes involving heavy trucks in Australia in 2020, a decrease of 6.8 percent compared with the total in 2019, according to the Road Trauma ...
Friday 19th February 2021(Post)Manufacturer fined after death of a bystander. A roof product manufacture has been fined $135,000 in an incident that resulted in a fatality.In February 2018, an employee drove a truck fitted wi ...
NHVR calls upon road users to be more vigilant on remote and regional roads during Rural Road Safety Month(Post)The National Heavy Vehicle Regulator (NHVR) urges all road users to be vigilant and exercise additional caution on remote and regional roads this September, in observance of Rural Road Safety Month.
Victoria water tank manufacturer charged after fatal unloading incident (Post)Victoria’s workplace health and safety regulator has filed charges against a water tank manufacturer after a man was fatally injured and another seriously injured while helping unload two water tanks ...
SafeWork targets Wagga worksites for inspection (Post)Risks associated with loading, unloading, and working around vehicles will be the focus of a SafeWork inspection program scheduled for early next week in the Wagga Wagga region.Minister for Fair Trad ...
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 ...
Monday 10th May 2021(Post)Bin hire company fined by Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The EPA has fined a company in Campbellfield, Victoria, for depositing waste at a site not licensed to accept it. EPA office ...
HEART5 to conduct free lung tests in Cairns(Post)Queensland’s mine safety regulator (RSHQ) encourages retired miners and quarry workers to register for a free lung examination when The Hearts5 mobile health truck comes to Cairns later this month.HE ...
