SafeWork Australia has revised the ‘Guide to managing the risks of rooftop solar installation work’ by adding guidance for the management of work health and safety (WHS) risks associated ...

A survey recently commissioned by Our Watch, a national organisation dedicated to violence prevention, indicates that 40% of workplace leaders do not understand their new legal duties to prevent  ...

A construction firm and a hoist supplier have incurred fines totaling $45,000 following an incident where a 12-kilogram steel plate fell about 15 floors from a high rise project in South Melbourne, a ...

Drilling company fined for tragic workplace death. A drilling company has been fined $375,000 for an incident in October 2017, where a worker was fatally crushed by a truck. The young man had onl ...

One of the largest fertiliser firms in New Zealand was recently ordered to pay a fine of $420,000 following serious safety lapses in their machinery, which resulted in the fatality of a worker.

Competent workers and direct supervision are a must when operating cranes. WorkSafe New Zealand has warned businesses that allowing staff without the appropriate training or supervision to opera ...

Young mother contracts silicosis after inhaling crystalline silica. A story reported by 9news highlights the dangers of working with respirable silica when an Australian mother-of-two has been l ...

WorkSafe Victoria is advising employers and tradies to prioritise safety measures when managing the risks associated with potentially lethal asbestos, which continues to be present in various workpla ...

Company that failed to provide a safe workplace fined $120,000. Failing to provide a safe workplace which led to an avoidable accident, has landed a concrete company in court. The company was f ...

SafeWork NSW's Family and Injured Worker Support Group (FIWSG) will remain in place until the end of this year. FIWSG is a group of people who have suffered a serious work-related injury, or have a f ...

WorkSafe Victoria is implementing a rigorous enforcement policy to avert serious falls from heights, with numerous construction companies referred for possible legal measures in the initial months o ...