An Adelaide company that moulds carpet for the car industry was recently fined $40,000 after two workers were injured in near-identical circumstances by the same machine on two separate occasions.

Energy supplier Ergon Energy has been asked to recall 14,000 possibly contaminated uniforms, after some workers suffered rashes and itching and others were caused to vomit by fumes the clothing emitted when ironed.

Over 100 people from 21 teams across NSW attended TransGrid’s Annual Safety Day, competing in events covering emergency response and risk assessment disciplines, as well as displays of TransGrid’s own safety equipment and initiatives.

The Tasmanian government has passed legislation scheduling some explosives as 'security- sensitive dangerous substances' under the Security-sensitive Dangerous Substances Act 2005 (SDSS), tightening the regulations and requiring those with unrestricted access to those products to now obtain SDSS permits.

WorkSafe Victoria has released Compliance Codes that provide practical guidance about what constitutes compliance under the OHS Act.

The Queensland Workplace Health and Safety Regulation 1997 has been repealed and replaced by the Workplace Health and Safety Regulation 2008, removing the rural industry exemption over the next two years and changing the numbering.

Metropolitan and regional scrap metal businesses in Western Australia were visited by WorkSafe inspectors as part of a compliance campaign, with 64% of the workplaces visited found to have inadequately guarded machinery.

The 2008 Australian Freight Industry Awards were held on 13 September, awarding Toll Auto Logistics with the Australian Best Practice Safety Award for its Flatpack 8-Car vehicle transporter innovation.

Booth Transport was convicted and fined nearly $19,000 after a truck driver fell from his tanker at a Loxton winery, two years ago, due to an oversight in safety checks.

The University of Queensland (UQ) has teamed up with the construction and resources industries to develop a world-first construction and mining simulator training program in Brisbane.

A linesman died recently, four days after receiving an electric shock at Croydon in Melbourne’s outer east.

WorkSafe Victoria has issued a plea for employers and workers to take a more active approach to workplace safety.

The ACTU has an online petition calling on the government to introduce the highest standards of OHS through the harmonisation process currently underway. The petition calls for amendments to legislation to meet the minimum standards detailed in the ACTU OHS Charter.

Legislation to establish Safe Work Australia, the replacement body for the Australian Safety and Compensation Council (ASCC), was introduced into parliament at the end of last week.

A Loch Sport sawmill labourer faces the possibility of six months in gaol after pleading guilty to fraudulently obtaining nearly $17,000 in workers compensation payments.