A stone benchtop business faces charges following the death of a worker at a Campbellfield factory in February 2020.The company is facing three charges under the Victorian OHS Act for failing to ...

A safety alert has been issued after a Queensland construction worker was struck by an excavator bucket in November 2022.WorkSafe said "the excavator was operating near the worker when, for reasons y ...

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 ...

New asbestos regulations to take effect in coming months. WorkSafe Queensland has announced that as of May 1, 2021, low-density asbestos fibreboard (LDB), also known as asbestos insulating board ...

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 ...

WorkCover has launched a pilot program to help reduce forklift-related injuries in the North Queensland region.The Harmful Equipment (Forklifts) Injury Risk Reduction Initiative aims to support ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...