Industry News
Adelaide engineering firm convicted over apprentice's death
An Adelaide company has been convicted and fined $72,000 over the death of an 18-year-old apprentice who was dragged into an ungaurded rotating machine in 2004.
[ + ]New safety guidelines for excavating
The Victorian government has worked in harmony with the Dial Before You Dig association to produce new safety guidelines to protect workers from injury and underground assets from damage.
[ + ]Equipment manufacturer fined for providing confusing information
An equipment manufacturer has been convicted and fined $140,000 in a case where a worker was killed while conducting maintenance on the company's equipment because the maintenance instructions it provided were "hopelessly inadequate".
[ + ]National focus on manual handling in manufacturing industries
In a follow-up campaign to an inspection program in the manufacturing industry in 2007, safety inspectors around the country will focus on safety inspections in this sector during the months of June and July.
[ + ]TODO appoints Australian distributor for safe HazMat handling
Integrated Transfer Solutions has been appointed Australian distributor for TODO dry breaks for safe fluid and gas transfer applications.
[ + ]Man dies after being caught in lathe
A man has died in hospital two weeks after his clothes were caught in an operating lathe at a factory in Melbourne’s northern suburbs.
[ + ]Fine for SA sawmill injury
An Adelaide sawmill company has been convicted and fined over an incident that left a worker with a painful groin injury in 2007.
[ + ]WorkSafe inspections reveal good OHS practices in WA
A WorkSafe inspection program of construction sites in the Mid-West region of WA has revealed generally good standards in occupational safety and health management.
[ + ]Summer remains deadly time in NZ workplaces
Summer continues to be the most deadly season for NZ workplaces, provisional figures from the Department of Labour show.
[ + ]Building contractor fined over fall injury
An Adelaide company has been convicted and fined in the SA Industrial Relations Court over an incident that left a worker seriously injured after a fall.
[ + ]Government commits to improving safety of transport workers
A recent announcement by the Deputy Prime Minister that she will work to put in place a system of safe rates for our nation’s truck drivers has been welcomed by the Transport Workers Union.
[ + ]Union wins in workplace drug testing case
A recent court ruling finds that a positive oral fluid drug test is more likely to indicate actual impairment than a positive urine drug test.
[ + ]ACT Work Safety Regulation 2009 exposure draft
The ACT government has put out a call to the business community to comment on proposed changes to the state's current OHS Act and regulations.
[ + ]Tom Phillips appointed Chair of Safe Work Australia Council
A new chairperson has been appointed to head the newly formed Safe Work Australia Council, the replacement for the Australian Safety and Compensation Council.
[ + ]Charges laid over fatal failure of swing stage scaffold on Gold Coast
Three companies have been charged over the deaths of two construction workers at a Gold Coast high-rise construction site last year.
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