Springvale, Flemington, Kensington and North Melbourne are the latest Melbourne suburbs to be targeted as part of WorkSafe’s Safer Work Zones campaign for small businesses.

A Melbourne man was recently convicted and fined for fraudulently obtaining workers compensation after a back injury.

Comcare has issued a safety alert warning of a potentially contaminated batch of the industrial chemical oleyl diamine.

Caroma was recently fined over an incident at its South Australian operations that left an employee with severe burns.

The building and costruction industry is being encouraged to provide feedback on OHS matters to the Federal Safety Commissioner.

The OFSC is auditing its reaccreditation process for construction companies in order to simplify the process.

A Victorian blasting company has been fined and convicted over a string of safety failings that occurred while blasting at a housing development site.

A South Australian builder was convicted and fined for putting people at risk by failing to adequately and legally remove asbestos from a worksite.

Workplace Health and Safety Queensland will be conducting a series of free safety workshops throughout the state for small and medium businesses over the months of August to November 2009.

Truck-mounted concrete pumps have now been added to CraneSafe Australia’s OHS assessment program.

Queensland's first Mine Safety and Health Commissioner has recently been appointed.

An Australian safety regulator is urging the oil and gas industry to take a strategic approach to safety on offshore facilities.

In a busy day at the Magistrates Court of South Australia (Industrial), three companies were convicted and fined over incidents in 2007 where workers sustained injuries from inadequate safety measures.

A decision to disband a government advisory committee in New Zealand will be a major setback for workplace safety, says union.

A new publication has been released by Comcare to outline how organisations can benefit from investing in health initiatives for its workers.