Comcare has issued a reminder that, under the OHS Act, companies need to complete their Health and Safety Management Arrangements (HSMAs) by 15 September 2008.

The SA Supreme Court has overruled the joint appeal lodged by Santos Limited and Diemould Tooling Services, clarifying a key point of law for prosecuting serious breaches of workplace safety laws.

The updated major hazards facilities regulation has been published by WorkCover NSW in the NSW Government Gazette this July.

Scientific and Technical Gases (STG), the UK’s largest independent manufacturer of calibration gases, is partnering with CAC Gas & Instrumentation in Australia and New Zealand.

Canberrans have been called on to help save lives by learning CPR or undertaking a refresher course as part of a new ACT Ambulance Service CPR awareness campaign.

The Commission for Occupational Safety and Health is seeking public comment on the draft code of practice for safeguarding of machinery and plant.

The revamped West Australian dangerous goods safety legislation has introduced new requirements for those working with explosives and other substances considered to pose a security threat.

New OHS regulations for the testing and tagging of portable electrical equipment and RCDs on construction sites will come into effect shortly.

A website dedicated to fall protection products and information was launched recently by Miller.

WorkSafe Victoria has announced a program of intervention activities over the coming 12 months that will focus on a compiled list of metropolitan and regional areas identified as being in need of OHS improvement, based on workers compensation claims.

The CRC for Construction Innovation has produced a guide to improve safety on construction sites by providing a consistent, national approach to safety leadership in large and small organisations.

SafeWork SA is urging the mining industry to review safety procedures for exploratory drilling after a worker was injured on the Yorke Peninsula.

The Australian Safety and Compensation Council (ASCC) will be updating the listing of classified hazardous substances on the Hazardous Substances Information System (HSIS) online database, to reflect recent European regulation changes.

WorkSafe Victoria has issued two new guides on injury insurance that came into effect 1 July 2008, titled ‘Your WorkSafe Injury Insurance 2008/09 — a guide for small employers’ and ‘Your WorkSafe Injury Insurance 2008/09 — a guide for medium to large employers’.

Federal safety commissioner Tom Fisher will step down from his position tomorrow, 3 July 2008.