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Crush incident results in considerable safety costs for SA concrete manufacturer(Post)
A South Australian concrete manufacturing company has pledged to implement safety improvements totaling more than $462,000 following an incident that resulted in a worker losing two fingertips.Last m ...
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 ...
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, ...
SafeWork SA reminds businesses to comply with GHS 7 (Post)SafeWork SA reminds manufacturers and importers of hazardous chemicals that GHS 7 is the only system used to classify and label hazardous chemicals in Australia.South Australia adopted the Seventh Re ...
Monday 15th February 2021(Post)Ballarat hospital fined $20,000 after staff assault. Ballarat Health Services pleaded guilty in the Ballarat Magistrates’ Court for failing to provide information to employees to allow them to p ...
Wednesday 17th March 2021(Post)Local manufacturers to see a boost from the new $1.5 billion Government investment. The Australian Government has recently invested $1.5 billion into its Modern Manufacturing Strategy (MMS). The ...
Safe Work Australia releases WHS outcomes for apprentices and trainees snapshot(Post)Safe Work Australia has released a new snapshot highlighting the causes of occupational injuries and illnesses suffered by apprentices and trainees in the construction and manufacturing ind ...
Australia completes GHS 7 transition(Post)Manufacturers and importers of hazardous chemicals in Australia are now required to use the Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labelling of Chemicals Revision 7 (GHS 7). The two-year tr ...
Australia’s first silica dust code of practice commences in Queensland(Post)A new code of practice to minimise exposure to silica dust in the construction industry is now in force in Queensland.The new code ‘Managing Respirable Crystalline Silica Dust Exposure in Constructio ...
SafeWork SA commences compliance campaigns in response to surge in occupational fatalities(Post)SafeWork SA is commencing a range of compliance initiatives focused on various industries due to a surge in workplace deaths this year. To date, there have been 22 deaths attributed to workplace inc ...
Vic employers fined more than $17 million for workplace safety violations in 2025(Post)WorkSafe Victoria has disclosed that in 2025, it carried out 137 prosecutions and enforceable undertakings. Victorian employers were fined a cumulative total of $17,391,325 by WorkSafe for non-compl ...
