SafeWork SA warns construction workers to make electrical safety a priority following an increase in the number of electric shock incidents reported in the past two years.In 2021-22, SafeWork SA ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Scaffolding Explained A scaffold is a movable or temporary platform that provides workers access to a work area when working at a height above the floor or ground. They are erected using scaffolding ...

WorkSafe has recently released its new plan that aims to make a significant difference in reducing the most severe harm experienced in workplaces across New Zealand.WorkSafe says its role as New Zeal ...

The NSW Resources Regulator reminds mine operators to submit their annual work health and safety reports for the 2021-22 financial year before the end of this month.Under clause 130 of the WHS (Mines ...