Industry News
WA company fined over injuries sustained from Cyclone George
A Western Australian engineering firm was fined $90,000 over the injury of two workers during Cyclone George in 2007.
[ + ]Tilt-up panel collapse incurs fine
A South Australian construction company has been fined for its part in the collapse of heavy concrete panels at an Adelaide building site in 2007.
[ + ]Electronic work diaries policy to boost road transport safety
Using electronic work diaries to comply with fatigue management laws in Australia’s heavy vehicle industry could improve road safety, boost efficiency and reduce red tape, according to a draft policy paper released by the National Transport Commission recently.
[ + ]WorkSafe Victoria 2010 Awards
WorkSafe Victoria held its annual WorkSafe Awards recently to recognise the state’s leaders in workplace safety.
[ + ]Warning to turn off mobile phones when filling up
An automotive industry body has issued a warning to motorists to switch off their mobile phones when refueling their vehicles.
[ + ]WorkSafe ‘toolbox talk’ for local builders in ACT
A recent joint construction industry and state government initiative was held in the ACT, focused on improving safety in the residential construction sector.
[ + ]Safety spotlight on DSE after tank explosion
WorkSafe is demanding safety improvements from the Department of Sustainability and Environment (DSE) after a fuel tank explosion last year left a worker with serious burn injuries.
[ + ]WorkSafe announces new leader for health and safety in Victoria
WorkSafe Victoria has announced that the organisation’s Deputy Chief Executive, Ian Forsyth, will assume responsibility for leading WorkSafe’s health and safety operations.
[ + ]Compliance to battery safety requirements
Research published earlier this year has shown an increase in cases of serious injury and death caused by swallowing of lithium button cells.
[ + ]Bakery injury easily preventable
The SA Industrial Court has heard that a simple interlock device could have prevented an incident which cost an experienced baker her livelihood.
[ + ]Brickworks fined over conveyor injury
A brickworks and its operators have been jointly fined more than $50,000 by the SA Industrial Court for a series of breaches of workplace safety laws, found to have arisen from an incident in which an employee was trapped by a conveyor belt.
[ + ]Crushed arm results in $26k fine
A metal fabricating company has been convicted and fined by an industrial magistrate following an incident in which an 18-year-old worker had his arm trapped by machinery.
[ + ]Satellite phone performance
Frost & Sullivan has conducted a study of the differences between satellite phone devices and services and has detailed this in a report.
[ + ]WorkSafe WA to keep watch on coating practices
WorkSafe WA has instigated a program to make businesses that conduct powder-coating activities aware of the dangers associated with it.
[ + ]Company pleads guilty to fatal insulation installation safety breach
A Rockhampton company pleaded guilty in the Rockhampton Industrial Magistrates Court over the death of a teenage insulation installer in the ceiling of a home in 2009.
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