A nationwide campaign has been instigated by workplace safety authorities, aiming to reduce the high incidence of injuries from manual handling tasks incurred by workers in the transportation and storage of goods in the retail, wholesale and storage industries.

The anniversaries of the Longford Esso gas and Piper Alpha oil rig disasters have been used by SafeWork SA to highlight the importance of OHS at the opening of Safe Work Month in Adelaide.

Eight people and companies with an extraordinary commitment to making workplaces safer were recognised for their achievements at the 20th Annual WorkSafe Victoria Awards.

SafeWork SA is investigating an unconfirmed report of a 28-year-old man dying aboard a prawn trawler at sea in the Great Australian Bight.

The SRCC Safety awards recognise the contributions made by both individuals and organisations in promoting safer workplaces and assisting injured workers return to work.

An intensive safety inspection campaign will endeavour to minimise manual handling injuries in Victoria.

Australasia’s first awards for the management of workplace injuries have been announced.

CSIRO has signed an agreement to commercialise its innovative underground longwall automation system, known as LASC technology, with one of the world’s largest longwall mining original equipment manufacturers, Joy Australasia.

A worker, one week into a new job, was killed when a machine he was inside for cleaning was activated. The machine was not isolated or locked out to prevent activation.

The Occupational Health and Safety (Safety Standards) Regulations 1994 have been revised for high-risk work.

WorkSafe Victoria has warned about the dangers of crushing injuries after two deaths and a serious injury in less than a week.

Sunset Coast Water took out the major award in the 2008 National Safety Council of Australia's (NSCA) SKILLED Group National Safety Awards of Excellence.

The ACT government has launched the 'Health and Safety in the Community Sector' project, designed to provide targeted information on OHS issues and safety measures to workers in the community services and health sector throughout the state.

Adelaide galvanised steel firm Korvest has pleaded guilty and been fined $73,000 over two incidents in 2006 when six employees suffered burns from molten metal.

Yarrows the Bakers was fined $62,000 for an incident where a pastry roller crushed an employee's hand, emphasising the need for proper machine guarding in all industries.