Industry News
Third prosecution over workplace death in Victoria
A drilling rig supervisor who told an inexperienced 21-year-old man to drive a truck with defective brakes and no seatbelt down a steep slope before the vehicle crashed, killing the driver, has been sentenced to 20 months in prison and suspended for three years.
[ + ]WorkCover and Master Builders Association renew partnership agreement
The renewed partnership deal would involve WorkCover and the MBA working together to ensure new national work health and safety laws which come into effect from 1 January 2011 are implemented effectively throughout the construction industry.
[ + ]Fake psychologist jailed
Dusan Milosevic, who arrived in Australia from Serbia in 1996, provided a false Bachelor Degree and a Masters Degree to the Psychologists Registration Board of Victoria for registration as a psychologist in 1998.
[ + ]WorkSafe Victoria Awards finalists announced
WorkSafe Victoria has announced the finalists for the 23rd Annual WorkSafe Victoria Awards. Winners from each category will be announced on Wednesday 19 October.
[ + ]SIA's '30 Days of OHS' campaign launched
A Safety Institute of Australia initiative - 30 Days of OHS - was launched 10 October, promoting free health and safety industry insights and knowledge sharing amongst peers and establishing a foundation for continued online networking and idea generation.
[ + ]Victoria calls for delay to national OHS harmonisation
The Victorian Government has called for a delay to national Occupational Health and Safety harmonisation.
[ + ]WorkCover and Tasco commit to safety
WorkCover NSW and sawmilling company Tasco have signed an alliance to enhance the safety of Tasco staff.
[ + ]Free seminars at The Safety Show Sydney
Free workshops and seminars in tandem with The Safety Show Sydney on 25-27 October will provide visitors an opportunity to learn all about the new workplace safety setting and its impacts.
[ + ]Two get court for plank prank
WorkSafe prosecutor Patrick McQuillan told the court workplaces were not playgrounds, forklifts were not toys and that over the past five years, 7000 Victorian workplace injuries caused by falls from height had cost $200 million in treatment and rehabilitation costs.
[ + ]OHS reforms to deliver $2bn a year
The OHS reforms will deliver up to $2bn a year in productivity gains, Minister for Workplace Relations, Senator Chris Evans said.
[ + ]Wage case boost to SA’s lowest paid workers
In its latest review of the Minimum Standard for Remuneration, the Industrial Relations Commission of South Australia supported the state government’s submission to provide a 3.4% pay rise to our lowest paid workers.
[ + ]WorkCover program helps small business focus on safety
WorkCover NSW has congratulated 32 businesses that offered support and assistance to 36 smaller businesses, as part of the 2010 ‘Safe Business is Good Business’ mentor program.
[ + ]Baulderstone tops 1m hours safety record at Mt St John
Baulderstone is celebrating the second major safety milestone for the Townsville Wastewater Upgrade Program at Mt St John, clocking up 1 million hours free of lost time injury (LTI).
[ + ]Wormald calls for farm vehicles to upgrade fire suppression systems
Due to the size, fuel-carrying capacity and cost of today’s farm machinery, particularly harvesters, appropriate vehicle fire suppression systems compliant to Australian Standards should be installed.
[ + ]Worker’s fall leads to fine
Two companies have been convicted and fined over an incident in Melbourne’s north that left a man with serious injuries after falling nearly four metres from an unguarded conveyor belt.
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