An international freight company has been fined $10,000 after a forklift struck a visitor’s car in the company’s freight yard.

The Canberra government has issued a discussion paper on random roadside drug testing, to address the complexities associated with it and for Canberrans to understand the importance of getting legislation right.

The safe use of forklifts in the grocery wholesale and fruit and vegetable wholesale industries will be examined by Australia’s workplace safety authorities.

The Adelaide Industrial court fined an earthmoving company over the injury of a teenage worker who was struck by a bobcat.

A Melbourne steelworker was awarded over $1 million after suffering a back injury that prevents him from ever working again.

Making Australia a safer place is one of the motivations behind a new initiative that will combine the skills and vision of four key standards entities to form the Technical Infrastructure Alliance.

Two men were killed recently and three other men were seriously injured when a metal windmill they were transporting struck powerlines.

Focus Safety has been appointed as the New Zealand distributor of The General Mat Company.

Total fines in excess of $50,000 have been imposed on three employers by the South Australian Industrial Court for machinery incidents that left their employees with hand and arm injuries.

WorkSafe Victoria is investigating the death of a man in the cellar of a country hotel as he was delivering beer.

Failing to spend $5000 on a guard for a meat shredder has cost a worker the use of his hand, and a company and director a total of $75,000.

Members of the mining industry in Victoria recently met with WorkSafe to address managing workplace hazards more effectively.

WorkSafe is encouraging workplace safety professionals to register for this year’s WorkSafe Victoria Awards, which open in April.

Two companies have recently been fined for failing to provide edge protection on a building site, prompting a reminder from WorkSafe WA on the prevention of falls.

A brick-making company has been fined $70,000 over an incident where a labour hire employee’s right arm and shoulder was torn from his body by a material conveyor machine.