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WorkCover WA releases 2022 – 2025 Strategic Plan(Post)
WorkCover WA has announced the release of the WorkCover WA Strategic Plan 2022 – 2025: Building on Strength.The four-year plan focuses on three priorities including, Strategic Scheme Management, Mode ...
Adelaide hotel facing charges following fire incident involving worker(Post)SafeWork SA has brought charges against a hotel in Adelaide along with its managing director after a worker reportedly caught fire while re-fuelling a fireplace. Legal proceedings have been commence ...
WorkSafe prosecutes company and director over serious head injury to worker(Post)Victoria's safety watchdog is prosecuting a Gippsland company and its sole director after a worker suffered a serious head injury when he was struck by a pipe. The company and the director face charg ...
SafeWork SA files charges against disability service provider(Post)A disability service provider has been charged by SafeWork SA after a worker was sexually assaulted by a client. SafeWork SA accuses the organisation of failing in their health and safety duty to pro ...
NT WorkSafe warns about electrical safety due to potential component failure in older model metre boxes(Post)Northern Territory workplace safety regulator has released a safety alert for both electrical workers and residents, reminding them to be careful when dealing with metre boxes that have older style m ...
NSW Resources Regulator Launches Annual High-Visibility Campaign(Post)The NSW Resources Regulator is set to launch its annual mine safety High-Visibility Campaign today.The Regulator says the 2-week initiative will concentrate on significant events in both underground ...
Fall from roof prompts SafeWork SA safety warning(Post)SafeWork SA warns workers about the risk of falls when working on roofs after an apprentice electrician suffered broken ribs when he fell from a roof.The apprentice fell 3 metres and landed on a boun ...
Comments sought on proposed workplace exposure standard for diesel particulate matter(Post)Safe Work Australia is seeking public comments on a proposed workplace exposure standard for diesel particulate matter.Exposure to diesel fumes increases the risk of lung cancer.Safe Work Australia s ...
Darwin equipment hire company and director receive record fine over excavator death(Post)A Darwin equipment hire company and its managing director have been fined a total of $1.14 million over a fatal workplace incident almost four years ago. This is the highest fine ever imposed fo ...
New QLD smoke alarm laws coming January 2022(Post)From 1 January 2022, QLD property owners/managers must install interconnected smoke alarms in residential rental properties. With a requirement to now fit interconnected alarms in ev ...
Safety alert issued after Queensland worker died in tractor rollover(Post)WorkSafe Queensland has issued a safety alert after a worker was fatally injured in an incident involving a tractor late last year. WorkSafe said the man was thrown off his tractor and became trappe ...
