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.

At the recent Safety in Action conference, leading safety professionals issued a call to the government for more funding for research into OHS issues.

Cath Bowtell has been appointed as WorkSafe Victoria’s Executive Director Health and Safety, replacing John Merritt.

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.

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 Victoria is providing more information about Major Hazards Facilities to councils, to help planners with new developments.

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.

Workplaces which have come up with workable solutions to health and safety issues are invited to enter the 2010 WorkSafe Awards.

WorkSafe Victoria inspectors will be visiting small businesses in Williamstown as part of a safety campaign from 19-23 April.

A construction material supplier was fined over a workplace incident in South Australia that resulted in serious leg injuries to an employee.

Recent WorkSafe prosecutions in Victoria send a strong message to the meat industry about the importance of machine guarding.

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.

Calls for a global ban on all forms of asbestos have again been voiced by an international medical society.

A motion by the Australian Greens calling on the government to ensure there is no reduction in OHS standards, in implementing their new laws, has been backed by the Senate recently.

A call has been issued by the European Chemicals Agency for eight chemicals, that are commonly used in industrial applications and processes, to be classified as hazardous.