A report released by Safe Work Australia has found that casual workers recorded a work-related injury rate 50% higher than non-casual workers in 2009-10, with females reporting a significantly higher rate of injuries per hour worked than males. [ + ]

Kakos Trolley Services, a trolley collection company, has been convicted and fined $200,000 after the death of an elderly man who was run over by a reversing vehicle at a shopping centre loading dock. [ + ]

Rockwell Automation will host a safety symposium, highlighting the latest developments in safety technology and automation, in Adelaide on 8 August 2012. [ + ]

New Zealand’s employment legislation still needs work in the areas of remedies and punishments involving dismissal law, according to an expert in employment and industrial relations. [ + ]

Andreas Cebulla, a senior research fellow at the Flinders-based National Institute of Labour Studies, has begun a year-long study to determine whether low apprenticeship wages are forcing Australian tradies into homelessness and housing instability. [ + ]

GAAM Emergency Products has been awarded the contract to manufacture and supply 127 MK300 diesel powered pumps for the Country Fire Authority (CFA). [ + ]

WorkCover NSW is using National Farm Safety Week to urge all NSW farmers to think about work health and safety on their farms. [ + ]

A Kilmore man has died in hospital after falling 2.4 m at a housing development at Doreen last week. WorkSafe Victoria is investigating the incident which happened at a site in Midland Road, Doreen. [ + ]

The Fair Work Ombudsman will audit up to 250 specialised food retailers in South Australia over the next four months as part of a new education and compliance campaign. [ + ]

WorkSafe Victoria has kicked off a year-long safety campaign to reduce the number of injuries and fatalities occurring on farms. [ + ]

The public comment period for the National Guidance Material for Working Safely on the Waterfront closes on Friday, 10 August 2012. [ + ]

An osteopath has been convicted and fined $16,000 after pleading guilty to fraudulently obtaining payments from WorkSafe. [ + ]

Energex has renewed its partnership with Queensland Rural Fire Service through a $75,000 sponsorship of vital emergency equipment. [ + ]

Warrnambool’s 1300 Temp Fence has won four tickets to one of Victoria’s premier motorcycle events after competing alongside more than 90 teams who took part in WorkSafe’s Top Tradie competition over the past six-weeks. [ + ]

Tegra Australia, a concrete manufacturing business that provides premix concrete and materials to construction sites throughout NSW, has been fined $80,000 and ordered to pay WorkCover’s legal costs after a 29-year-old man almost died when he inhaled toxic fumes. [ + ]