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Applications open for SafeWork SA’s 2024 Augusta Zadow Awards(Post)
SafeWork SA has recently opened nominations for the 2024 Augusta Zadow Awards.The safety regulatory agency will offer financial support of up to $25,000 for initiatives promoting health and safety fo ...
Regulator issues heat stress warning for Queensland mines (Post)Resources Safety and Health Queensland (RSHQ) reminds mine operators to protect workers from heat stress following the onset of ElNiño.According to RSHQ, risk factors and thermal conditions in mines ...
Vic business fined after tank container fire(Post)A Victorian industrial equipment supplier has been fined $41,500 for safety breaches following a tank container fire at Derrimut in 2019.The company was sentenced in the Melbourne Magistrates' Court ...
Builder faces charges related to fall hazards at Melbourne construction site(Post)A construction company has been charged by WorkSafe for noncompliance with safety standards in the workplace. The company is facing three counts under section 21(1) of the Occupational Health and Sa ...
WorkSafe encourages Victorians to explore engineered stone options(Post)Victoria’s workplace health and safety regulator says the State will maintain its commitment to prioritising worker safety when a nationwide ban on using engineered stone is implemented.According to ...
Alice Springs arborist facing charges after wood chipper injures worker(Post)An Alice Springs arborist has been charged after a worker was seriously injured by a wood chipper in November 2022.According to NT WorkSafe, workers were feeding tree branches into a wood chipper whe ...
Contractor avoids court over Sydney workplace incident(Post)The federal work health and safety regulator, Comcare has accepted an enforceable undertaking from a contractor after a worker was injured in a fall more than three years ago. The contractor was char ...
Comcare Releases WHS Year in Review 2021 Report(Post)Workplace sexual harassment forum and $1.5 million enforceable undertaking among key highlights of the report.Federal WHS regulator Comcare has released the third Work Health and Safety Year in Revie ...
Key sectors on WorkSafe's watchlist to minimise injuries(Post)WorkSafe Victoria has recently revealed it will focus on five key industries in the upcoming year to help achieve its ambitious objectives for decreasing workplace fatalities and injuries across the ...
New campaign encourages young workers to speak up about unsafe conditions at work(Post)WorkSafe Victoria has launched a new safety campaign targeting young workers. The campaign "UMM" derives its name from the expression that comes to mind when we're not sure what to sa ...
NT tradies reminded to 'think twice' about asbestos(Post)National Asbestos Awareness Week runs from 22-28 November 2022 and Northern Territory tradies are reminded to 'think twice' before commencing work in buildings constructed before 1990.NT WorkSafe iss ...
