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.

Frost & Sullivan has conducted a study of the differences between satellite phone devices and services and has detailed this in a report.

WorkSafe WA has instigated a program to make businesses that conduct powder-coating activities aware of the dangers associated with it.

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.

Woolworths has committed to safety upgrades after a worker escaped injury only to be soaked in olive oil when boxes of bottles fell onto his specialised forklift at a regional distribution centre.

Victorian workplaces are being warned to lift their game on traffic management following the prosecution of a national packing company after a worker was struck by a forklift.

WorkSafe Victoria has reported its lowest-ever injury rate and solid financial results over the past financial year.

Over the past year, inventors across Victoria have been coming up with new and different ideas to make their working day safer.

IFAP has announced the establishment of Australia’s first free-fall life boat training facility in Fremantle to assist in offshore clients fulfilling their regulatory safety training requirements.

A new wave of passion and energy for the OHS profession was acknowledged at the recent Safety Institute of Australia Victorian Education Awards.

A man was fatally injured in West Melbourne after being crushed by a large plastic water tank.

A forklift safety campaign in the wholesale and retail food sectors is being conducted to improve safety in workplaces.

A $450,000 fine was handed down to a transport company after the avoidable death of a worker in 2007.

A Melbourne company was fined and convicted recently over a workplace death where it failed to administer first aid to a man who was struck by a forklift and later died.

The importance of effective hazard identification and electrical isolation were stressed recently by New Zealand’s Department of Labour, following the prosecution of a company over an injury at a quarry.