A recent conviction in Adelaide highlights the need for proper machine guarding and training to prevent young workers experiencing serious workplace injuries.

Comcare commenced legal proceedings against an Adelaide company for failing to take steps to protect the health and safety of its employees and contractors.

A new WorkCover NSW initiative will release guidelines on a number of industrial occupations and situations to help reduce injuries through greater safety awareness.

WorkSafe Victoria issued three safety improvement notices following a scaffold collapse in in Melbourne and issued a warning to employers to ensure their workplace is safe for both workers and the community.

A recent Office of the Federal Safety Commissioner survey reveals that diseases caused by slips, trips and falls is the number one health issue for building and construction companies, followed by the effects of alcohol and other drugs.

Employers are being urged to check that they have traffic control systems in place to keep workers safe from moving vehicles, after the issue was highlighted last Friday in a ruling at the SA Industrial Relations Court.

A builder has been fined $20,000 for breaches to the SA OHS Act for injuries sustained by workers on an Adelaide construction site.

WorkSafe Victoria and VECCI have collectively developed a program to help small businesses keep their workplaces safe.

The ASCC is inviting comments from industry on a dicussion paper on safety requirements of plant and equipment.

Canada may become the world's first country to require companies to identify their use of engineered nano-materials, thereby allowing the government to evaluate their risks and to develop appropriate safety measures to protect against them.

A new program was launched recently to assist injured workers return to work.

The National Offshore Petroleum Safety Authority warned offshore facilities to have their Cyclone Response Procedures in place following a near catastrophe when a construction vessel was hit by a cyclone recently.

A report prepared for The Heads of Workers’ Compensation Authorities shows that many injured workers in Australia and New Zealand believe their management don't do enough to get them back to work.

WorkSafe WA has launched an updated version of its SmartMove website in an effort to minimise the incidence of workplace injuries of young workers.

WorkSafe Victoria has commenced a concentrated inspection program on Victoria’s building sites to help eliminate the high incidence of easily preventable injuries.