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Theme revealed for National Safe Work Month 2023(Post)
Safe Work Australia has announced the theme for this year’s National Safe Work Month.National Safe Work Month is held in October every year to raise awareness about workplace health and safety.The th ...
Wednesday 5th May 2021(Post)Farm Safety honours closing soon. This year will be the first that the WorkSafe Awards have included a category for farming, with agriculture being one of the most dangerous industries to w ...
SOP Templates: Guide to Safe Operating Procedures Template(Post)A Safe Operating Procedure (SOP) serves as detailed instructions outlining how to perform a task or activity safely. SOPs are useful for any routine, repeated process and are crucial for maintaini ...
Workplaces urged to host a SafeTea event this October(Post)Safe Work Australia urges workplaces to host a SafeTea event during National Safe Work Month in October.National Safe Work Month is held every October to remind Australians to make health and safety ...
New Commonwealth Code of Practice now in effect(Post)The Australian Government has officially approved a new code of practice designed to aid in the enforcement of modified Work Health and Safety (WHS) regulations, which specify how organisations shoul ...
Managing WHS Risks and Preventing Harm(Post)At its core, work health and safety is about managing risks and preventing harm. And while preventing workplace accidents and injuries should be a year-round priority, Safe Work Month provides an opp ...
Tuesday 20th April 2021(Post)Forklift owners and operators issued with Safety Alert. A new safety alert has been issued by NT Worksafe following two forklift incidents that occurred recently in the Darwin area.The Safety Al ...
NSW approves legislation on industrial manslaughter(Post)The Work Health and Safety Amendment (Industrial Manslaughter) Bill 2024 has been approved by the NSW Parliament.More than 300 NSW workers have lost their lives since 2019, according to data from the ...
Engineered stone ban receives backing from Tasmania(Post)The Tasmanian Government has voiced its support for a national ban on the use of engineered stone in Australia.Workplace Health and Safety ministers agreed to support a prohibition on the use of engi ...
Regulator releases more details about fatal mining incident(Post)Resources Safety and Health Queensland (RSHQ) has released a safety notice following a fatal mining incident in central Queensland on Monday.The regulator said the worker was fatally crushed between ...
SafeWork introduces body worn video cameras to mitigate violence and aggression in the workplace(Post)The NSW Government has launched a state-wide distribution of body worn video (BWV) to discourage violent and aggressive conduct directed at SafeWork inspectors. According to the NSW Government, insp ...
