Industry News
NSW mining industry to build OHS champions for safer and healthier mines
The NSW minerals industry took another step towards a world-leading health and safety culture with plans for building ‘OHS champions’ at every level of the industry.
[ + ]Major work safety reforms in the ACT
A new safety body, to be known as WorkSafe ACT, has been established to enhance workplace safety in the ACT.
[ + ]Health and Safety Innovation Awards at NSW Minerals Council OHS Conference
A new machine that has eliminated manual handling injuries at an underground mine in the Hunter Valley was among the winners of this year’s NSW Minerals Council Health and Safety Innovation Awards.
[ + ]Call for workers compensation funds to be allocated to research
At the recent Safety in Action conference, leading safety professionals issued a call to the government for more funding for research into OHS issues.
[ + ]New Executive Director Health and Safety at WorkSafe Victoria
Cath Bowtell has been appointed as WorkSafe Victoria’s Executive Director Health and Safety, replacing John Merritt.
[ + ]Conviction over elevated work platform injury
A heavy haulage company was convicted over an incident where a worker was crushed while loading an elevated work platform onto the trailer of a truck.
[ + ]Company directors prosecuted over death resulting from cutting corners
Two company directors were convicted over the death of an employee when the partially built floor he was working on collapsed after more than 10 tonnes of building blocks were placed on it.
[ + ]WorkSafe help for council planners
WorkSafe Victoria is providing more information about Major Hazards Facilities to councils, to help planners with new developments.
[ + ]Man dies after workplace lathe incident
A man who was struck in the head by a steel rod that came loose from a lathe at a steel fabrication business died in hospital recently.
[ + ]Call for entries for 2010 WorkSafe Victoria Awards
Workplaces which have come up with workable solutions to health and safety issues are invited to enter the 2010 WorkSafe Awards.
[ + ]WorkSafe to visit small businesses in Williamstown
WorkSafe Victoria inspectors will be visiting small businesses in Williamstown as part of a safety campaign from 19-23 April.
[ + ]Resources company fined over quarry injury
A construction material supplier was fined over a workplace incident in South Australia that resulted in serious leg injuries to an employee.
[ + ]Abattoir safety failings exposed in parallel prosecutions
Recent WorkSafe prosecutions in Victoria send a strong message to the meat industry about the importance of machine guarding.
[ + ]Linfox held to account for trailer floor collapse
Linfox Australia has been convicted and fined $170,000 plus $41,270 court costs over serious and preventable injuries that were sustained by an employee when an adjustable mezzanine floor in a truck’s trailer collapsed on him.
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