Industry News
Men six times more likely to be injured at work
A report that monitors the hospitalisation of injured workers reveals that men are six times more liikely than women to be injured in the workplace.
[ + ]Researchers developing universal personal decontamination system
Auniversal personal decontamination system for almost any toxic or hazardous chemical is close to being developed by researchers in the US for use in industrial and military applications.
[ + ]Regulators harmonise construction induction training
WorkCover NSW now recognises the South Australian ‘white card’, Queensland's 'blue card' and Victoria's 'red card' as proof of construction induction training equivalent to WorkCover’s'OHS General Induction for Construction Work in NSW' course.
[ + ]3M completes Aearo integration
3M plans to complete the integration of Aearo Technologies into its safety business as of 1 January 2009.
[ + ]Court fines company director $100K for fatality
A company director and his firm have each been convicted and fined $100,000 after a worker’s death in August 2006. It is the first time a company director has been convicted under the Occupational Health and Safety Act 2004, and the highest penalty ever imposed on an individual under the Act.
[ + ]Regulator launches guide for housing construction safety
WorkCover NSW has released a guide to assist small residential construction businesses to meet their workplace safety responsibilities.
[ + ]Teen dies at Ballarat mine
WorkSafe Victoria is investigating the death of a 17-year-old apprentice who was run over by a truck at Ballarat’s Lihir gold mine yesterday morning.
[ + ]Company and worker prosecuted after forklift hitchhike
WorkSafe Victoria has imposed ‘alternate penalty’ provisions against a company and a worker after a stunt on a forklift that left one person with a broken leg.
[ + ]Business guilty of workers compensation offence
Unfairly sacking an injured worker after sustaining a work-related injury has seen a Victorian company convicted and fined $40,000.
[ + ]Severe fine for SA company over workplace death
A South Australian company was convicted and fined $65,000 for breaching the OHS Act following the death of a worker after being struck by a front-end loader.
[ + ]NOPSA calls for better management of offshore workforce competence
NOPSA reccommends a formal competency management be put in place to improve safety for workers on offshore petroleum facilities.
[ + ]Fines for 'mates' who burn apprentice in prank
A workplace prank in Hallam, Victoria, that went horribly wrong has left a youth permamently scarred and his 'mates' convicted of breaching safety laws.
[ + ]Pre-Christmas forklift safety warning as company fined $175,000
A Victorian company has been convicted and fined $175,000 following a worker being struck and killed by a forklift at its cold storage warehouse.
[ + ]Zinifex fined $65K for workplace death
Zinifex Port Pirie has been convicted and fined $65,000 for the death of a worker at the Port Pirie smelter in October 2004.
[ + ]$175,000 pre-Christmas forklift safety warning
WorkSafe Victoria has issued a pre-Christmas safety warning for traffic management systems after AB Oxford Cold Storage was convicted and fined $175,000 for the forklift-related death of a worker on 13 April 2005.
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