Industry News
MUARC celebrates 20 years of safety initiatives in November
The Monash University Accident Research Centre (MUARC), the largest injury prevention centre in the Southern Hemisphere, is set to celebrate its 20th anniversary with a gala dinner on 14 November 2007.
[ + ]New SA Worksafe safety campaign
SA Worksafe has released a campaign aimed at raising employers’ and workers’ awareness of their role in contributing to a safer workplace.
[ + ]Winners of the 2007 National Safety Awards of Excellence
The National Safety Council of Australia (NSCA) has announced the winners of the 2007 NSCA/SKILLED Group National Safety Awards of Excellence.
[ + ]Training for beverage-dispensing gases standard
BOC is helping businesses comply with the new AS5034 standard for beverage-dispensing gases, which comes into effect on 1 January 2008.
[ + ]Coming up: Work Safe Week
Workers in all occupations across Victoria are being urged to “learn the latest and stay up to date†by attending a free seminar during this year's Work Safe Week.
[ + ]Company fined for gassed worker
A South Australian company has been fined $20,000 for an incident where a worker collapsed while cleaning an industrial degreasing tank, highlighting the dangers of working with chemicals in enclosed spaces.
[ + ]24-hour hand injury hotline
Western Sydney-based specialist surgeons have come together to create the Hand Injury Centre Hotline.
[ + ]WorkSafe Victoria Awards finalists
A record number of finalists for this year's WorkSafe Victoria Awards demonstrate the many different ways that health and safety is being addressed in the arts, construction, manufacturing, entertainment and recreation industries.
[ + ]New national licensing standard for persons performing high-risk work
The Australian Safety and Compensation Council (ASCC) recently finalised the National Standard for Licensing Persons Performing High Risk Work, which will replace the existing National Occupational Health and Safety Certification Standard for Users and Operators of Industrial Equipment - NOHSC: 1006 (2001).
[ + ]Maintenance warning after employer fined $50,000
A Kerang business owner has been fined $50,000, without conviction, in the County Court after an employee was crushed and later died when an excavator bucket suddenly closed on him in June last year.
[ + ]ACT cracks down on asbestos management
New laws for the ACT have commenced this month for asbestos management in non-residential premises.
[ + ]Health and safety initiatives rewarded in Victoria
The annual WorkSafe Victoria Awards had a record number of finalists this year, demonstrating the many ways that health and safety is being addressed in the arts, construction, manufacturing, entertainment and recreation industries.
[ + ]Sign of the times: $300,000 fine for company after worker dies
An employer has been convicted and charged $300,000 for an employee who died while changing a light bulb.
[ + ]Safety overhaul in Canberra
ACT Minister for Industrial Relations, Andrew Barr has introduced a range of amendments reforming the Occupational Health and Safety Act 1989.
[ + ]Quad bike safety in the spotlight
Worksafe has renewed the call for helmets to be worn by all all-terrain vehicle (ATV) users, following the death of an elderly farmer after his ATV rolled down a hill in north-east Victoria.
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