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Comcare charges defence contractor after fatal workplace incident(Post)
A defence contractor faces charges under the federal Work Health and Safety Act 2011 following a fatal workplace incident at a manufacturing facility in Victoria two years ago.The commonwealth direct ...
Vic building company charged after worker’s fatal fall (Post)A Victoria building company faces charges for safety breaches following the death of a worker after a fall at a Melbourne construction site two years ago.The 26-year-old man fell from scaffolding ont ...
Notification requirements for confirmed COVID-19 cases in the Northern Territory(Post)Employers and self-employed persons, with management or control of a workplace in the Northern Territory are required to notify the state’s workplace health and safety regulator of a confirmed diagno ...
Living up to our promise to make your life easier (Post)Last year we ran a survey to find out what additional products and services we could provide to make our customers lives easier.Overwhelmingly, the top two responses were to provide Health and Safety ...
Thursday 18th March 2021(Post)Department of Defence fined after worker critically injured. The Department of Defence pleaded guilty in the Townsville Magistrates Court to failing in its duties under the Commonwealth Work Hea ...
Mining company avoids prosecution after NSW Resources Regulator agrees to WHS undertaking proposal(Post)The NSW Resources Regulator has approved a Work Health and Safety (WHS) enforceable undertaking from a mining company concerning a significant incident that took place in Boggabri on December 6, 2021 ...
NT WorkSafe urges employers to protect workers from extreme heat(Post)Employers across the Northern Territory are urged to protect outdoor workers from heat stress after the Bureau of Meteorology issued a heatwave warning for most parts of the Territory.According to NT ...
WorkSafe data shows Transport and Agriculture are NZ'S deadliest industries (Post)Preliminary data from WorkSafe New Zealand shows that as of 4 November 2022, 37 workers have died from workplace incidents this year. Transport, Postal and Warehousing and Agriculture are the most da ...
Vic transport company facing charges over serious truck crashes(Post)A Vic transport company faces charges under section 32 of the Occupational Health and Safety Act for unsafe work practices.WorkSafe alleges the company allowed workers to drive two milk tankers despi ...
Safe Work Australia releases updates to the model WHS regulations(Post)Safe Work Australia has announced changes to the model Work Health and Safety (WHS) Act and Regulations, after receiving approval from WHS ministers. According to the updated WHS Act, the obligation ...
Regulator halts operations at Central Queensland coal mine following fatal incident(Post)Queensland's mine safety watchdog has ordered a suspension of heavy vehicle operations at a Bowen Basin coal mine following the death of a worker.Resources Safety and Health Queensland (RSHQ) was inf ...
