WorkSafe ACT has commenced a campaign to improve the safety of construction projects involving formwork.

A tele-operated shiploader designed to remotely control the loading iron ore is being trialled by Rio Tinto to improve safety and efficiency.

Safety Regulator WorkSafe Victoria has called upon business owners and operators to place a more rigorous focus on machine guarding after another workplace death involving processing plant.

A mine maintenance contractor has been convicted and fined nearly half a million dollars for a “significant failure” to protect its employees, following the death of a worker who was crushed by a steel beam.

The annual Underground Mine Rescue Competition was recently conducted in regional Victoria.

SafeWork SA has announced a campaign targeting forklift safety in the wholesale grocery and fruit and vegetable industries.

WorkSafe Victoria is offering free training to leading hands in construction companies to drive injury rates down.

A plumbing contractor was killed recently at a paper mill in NSW by forklift truck.

Former Ford employees in Geelong are being encouraged to lodge their details on the Slater & Gordon asbestos register.

South Australia will be transitioning to a national licensing system for high-risk work as of 1 September 2010.

Baulderstone has set a new benchmark for safety at an Australian Defence Department project in Townsville, North Queensland.

Baulderstone has set a new benchmark for safety at an Australian Defence Department project in Townsville, North Queensland.

WorkSafe Victoria is currently distributing new guidance on preventing musculoskeletal injuries amongst tyre fitters to automotive workshops across the state.

WorkSafe WA is conducting a high-risk-work licence inspection program for forklift operators in the manufacturing sector.

WorkSafe Victoria launched a new safety campaign aimed at tradespeople at an AFL club’s coaches’ review breakfast.