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SafeWork rolls out new silica safety campaign(Post)
SafeWork NSW has embarked on a six-month campaign to protect workers from silica dust. SafeWork NSW inspectors will visit construction sites across the State to ensure compliance with workplace healt ...
EWP incidents spark safety warning(Post)WorkSafe Victoria urges employers to make safety a priority when using elevating work platforms (EWPs) after a worker died and another sustained injuries in separate incidents involving EWP.The safet ...
SafeWork SA suspends asbestos removal licence over compliance failures(Post)SafeWork SA has suspended a class B asbestos removal licence after the licence holder breached asbestos regulations.The asbestos removalist and demolition contractor failed to identify the presence o ...
New Zealand workers remembered on International Memorial Day (Post)New Zealanders who have died as a result of a work-related injury or illness have been remembered on International Workers’ Memorial Day.WorkSafe Chief Executive Phil Parkes said, “This year’s theme ...
Victorian education department and pool operator fined $180k for boy's drowning(Post)The Victorian Department of Education and a pool operator were collectively fined $180,000 following the death of a young boy on a school trip.The eight-year-old boy tragically died by drowning at a ...
Share your thoughts on proposed amendments to the electrical safety regulations in the Northern Territory(Post)The Electricity Safety Regulator under NT WorkSafe is inviting input from Territorians on the proposed amendments to the Northern Territory’s electrical safety rules.NT WorkSafe says the Government i ...
Geelong company sentenced over forklift incident(Post)A Geelong fruit and vegetable company has been sentenced for breaching health and safety regulations after a worker was injured by a forklift load.The worker sustained multiple fractures after being ...
Tasmanian company charged over jumping castle deaths(Post)Charges have been laid against a Tasmanian company almost two years after six children were killed in a jumping castle incident at a primary school in Devonport.Six children were killed while three o ...
WorkSafe Victoria lays charges over drowning death of primary school student(Post)A pool operator and the Victorian Department of Education have been charged following the death of an eight-year-old boy two years ago. The Year 2 Primary School student drowned in a swimming pool in ...
Safety alert issued after NT worker suffers serious crush injuries(Post)Northern territory’s occupational health and safety regulator, NT WorkSafe, issued a safety alert after a worker suffered serious crush injuries while attempting to unload a 2.7-tonne utility compact ...
Vic building company charged after worker’s fatal fall (Post)A Victoria building company faces charges for safety breaches following the death of a worker after a fall at a Melbourne construction site two years ago.The 26-year-old man fell from scaffolding ont ...
