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Vic farmers advised to prioritise safety during the harvesting season(Post)
WorkSafe is emphasising the importance of safety for Victorian primary producers as they enter the harvest season. The safety regulator observes that the harvest season frequently places greater dem ...
VIC building company sentenced following deadly fall(Post)A construction firm has been found guilty and ordered to pay a fine of $270,000 following a man's fatal fall of over four meters in February 2022. Last week, the Melbourne County Court convicted the ...
Victorian employers faced $13.3 million in penalties for safety violations in 2024(Post)Last year, Victorian employers encountered significant legal and financial repercussions for compromising worker safety, as WorkSafe achieved 119 successful prosecutions for health and safety violat ...
NSW launches campaign to protect outdoor workers from skin cancer(Post)The Cancer Institute of NSW has recently launched a new campaign warning workers about the dangers of skin cancer.People who work outdoors have up to three times more sun exposure than indoor workers ...
ACT issues safety reminder after child falls from height (Post)ACT Work Health and Safety Commissioner Jacqueline Agius reminds operators of children's play centres to make safety a priority following an incident in which a child suffered minor injuries after fa ...
Crush incident prompts RSHQ to issue safety alert(Post)Following an incident in which a worker sustained injuries at a Central Queensland mine, the state’s resources safety and health regulator has issued a safety alert to the mines across the sta ...
Fall from scaffolding triggers safety warning(Post)Construction workers have been warned not to modify scaffolding if they are not authorised to do so following an incident in which a worker fell through a void they had created at a Darwin constructi ...
ACT launches plan to improve safety in the construction industry(Post)WorkSafe ACT has recently launched an updated ‘Residential Construction Strategy for 2022-24’ to help improve safety in the residential construction industry.The Strategy launch was attended by Indus ...
SafeWork NSW offering free quad bike safety training for kids(Post)New South Wales' workplace health and safety regulator, SafeWork, has partnered with a local agricultural college to deliver a free quad bike safety program for children aged 16 years and over.M ...
NT WorkSafe issues safety warning after lithium-ion battery explodes(Post)Northern Territory WorkSafe has issued a safety alert after a lithium-ion battery exploded when it was left inside a vehicle.The safety agency said the owner of the vehicle left a cordless impact wre ...
Vic worker injured while directing vehicles at COVID-19 testing centre(Post)WorkSafe Victoria is advising drive-through COVID-19 testing centres to have traffic management plans in place after a worker was recently injured while directing vehicles at a drive-through COVID-19 ...