More than 2300 health and safety representatives attended the Workplace Health & Safety Show in Sydney this year, to learn how to foster safe work environments. [ + ]

A timber company has been fined following a fatal incident at a Benalla mill, in which a worker became entangled in a conveyor belt drive shaft. [ + ]

A Victorian mechanic has been convicted and fined $115,000 following the death of a roadside assistance driver in a fatigue-related crash in 2018. [ + ]

WorkSpace Week is an annual national campaign that helps prevent work-related musculoskeletal disorders for workers most at risk of spinal injuries. [ + ]

A Victorian food packaging manufacturer has been fined $30,000 after a maintenance fitter's hand was crushed in a machine in 2020. [ + ]

A Swan Hill water tank manufacturer has been charged after one man died and another sustained serious injuries in two separate unloading incidents. [ + ]

NSW state-owned insurer icare has introduced six new claims service providers, including Allianz, GIO and QBE, to better support workers and employers. [ + ]

A Victorian lift company will spend more than $240,000 to improve health and safety outcomes, after failing to provide information and training before commencing high-risk construction work. [ + ]

Safe Work Australia has released a fact sheet to help prevent vehicle roll-aways, which can occur when vehicles have not been safely mobilised. [ + ]

A sole trader in the Great Southern has been fined $47,250 after a worker fell through a skylight and sustained serious injuries. [ + ]

WorkSafe Victoria is investigating the workplace death of a 60-year-old worker who is believed to have fallen from a ladder at a residential construction site in Greenvale. [ + ]

Lung Foundation Australia has launched a Silicosis Social Work program, a free, telephone-based support network for people living with silicosis, their family and carers. [ + ]

Safe Work Australia has published a guide to help employers understand how to develop and maintain a comprehensive asbestos register. [ + ]

A Perth-based company has been fined $30,000 after four workers recorded high levels of lead in their blood and one was hospitalised. [ + ]

WorkSafe inspectors have visited 32 construction sites in inner Melbourne to raise awareness of exclusion zones and fencing around trenches, and battering excavations. [ + ]