SafeWork SA reminds farmers to be extra careful when working with machinery during the harvesting season.The reminder comes after the safety watchdog was recently notified of a number of incidents in ...

Raising awareness of farm safety for the next generation of farmers.     WorkSafe Victoria urges farming families to prioritise safety and learn from the past during National Farm Safe ...

WorkSafe issues safety alerts associated with mobile plant use. WorkSafe has issued a reminder about mobile plant risks after multiple recent incidents involving rollovers.The department has rec ...

WorkSafe is advising employers to remember the importance of controlling the hazards involved in working at heights following an incident where a worker sustained injuries while carrying out roo ...

WorkSafe has filed charges against a Melbourne indoor play centre after an eight-year-old child experienced a fractured spine from a fall of about seven metres from a rope ladder.WorkSafe accuses the ...

The ACT Government has announced that two Codes of Practice have been notified and will take effect in November.The new Codes of Practice include the ‘Managing the Risks of Airborne Crystalline Silic ...

WorkSafe Victoria has filed a charge against a farming company after a farmer was fatally crushed by a bulka bag in May 2022.The charge is based on section 26(1) of the OHS Act, which accuses the com ...

Engineering company fined for apartment block crane collapse. In August 2017, three workers were injured at a construction site in Wolli Creek when a tower crane collapsed into a building.  A st ...

A surge in COVID-19 infections has prompted Safe Work Australia to issue a reminder to employers to ensure their employees are safe at work. The federal safety agency says employers “must eliminate o ...

The Asbestos Safety and Eradication Agency has recently launched a six-week public consultation on the new Guidelines for communicating about asbestos risk and the Communicating Asbestos Facts a ...

SafeWork SA reminds workplaces to ensure machines are properly guarded after a worker’s hand got stuck in a moving conveyor early last month.The worker had to be freed from the machine following the ...