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Model WHS Regulations Relating to Major Hazard Facilities Open for Public Feedback(Post)
Safe Work Australia seeks public input on the model Work Health and Safety (WHS) Regulations relating to Major Hazard Facilities (MHFs).The federal safety regulator welcomes feedback from operators o ...
WorkSafe Tasmania cautions about dangers of fryrock(Post)WorkSafe Tasmania has recently released a safety alert to caution shotfirers and individuals handling explosives about the dangers of flyrock.Flyrock is produced when chunks of rock are propelled awa ...
WorkSafe ACT reveals theme for 2023 Safe Work Month(Post)WorkSafe ACT has released the theme and campaign kit for this year’s Safe Work Month.The theme for 2023 is ‘Safe Work Month: it's everyone's Territory’ The regulator says it chose a local the ...
Defence faces charges over fatal crash (Post)The Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions has charged the department of defence with federal safety violations after two soldiers were killed in a vehicle rollover in north Queensland.The ...
NSW seeks public feedback on decades-old workplace codes of practice (Post)The NSW government invites feedback from workers and employers for five codes of practice in one of the largest reviews of the state’s workplace health and safety codes of practice.According to the S ...
Master Code of Practice open for feedback - NHVR (Post)The National Heavy Vehicle Regulator (NHVR) is undertaking a review of the Master Code of Practice to improve heavy vehicle safety.The Master Code is a heavy vehicle code of practice registered in 20 ...
Company director ordered to pay reparations after Auckland painter dies in roof fall(Post)An Auckland businessman has been sentenced for violating workplace safety laws after a painter he had hired fell from a roof in June 2020.The Manukau District Court ordered the businessman to pay rep ...
Charges laid over alleged attack on nurses(Post)A Queensland health service is facing charges over claims it failed to protect its staff.The charges have been laid by the state’s Office of the Work Health and Safety Prosecutor over two incide ...
Company faces charges after crane topples at Parkville worksite(Post)WorkSafe has filed charges against a crane company for breaching the Victorian OHS Act after a mobile crane collapsed at a Parkville construction site in July 2021.Victoria’s workplace health an ...
SafeWork SA suspends asbestos removal licence over compliance failures(Post)SafeWork SA has suspended a class B asbestos removal licence after the licence holder breached asbestos regulations.The asbestos removalist and demolition contractor failed to identify the presence o ...
WorkSafe probes wind farm death(Post)WorkSafe has confirmed it is conducting an investigation into the fatal incident involving a worker who was struck by a wind turbine blade in Rokewood on Monday morning.The Victorian workplace safety ...
