WorkSafe is investigating the death of a 42-year-old Werribee man while working inside a steel tank at Altona North.

Workplace safety inspectors are descending on the town of Coburg on Monday 27 August for a week of heightened safety awareness.

The major provider of flavourings to Australia’s food and confectionary industry has been ordered to donate $10,000 after being prosecuted by WorkSafe.

A school-holiday job as a trainee at a Warrnambool meatworks resulted in a 17-year-old Sudanese refugee severing three of his fingers, a magistrate has heard.

WorkSafe Victoria has warned Victorian employers that failure to submit WorkCover forms would lead to court action and fines.

The Attorney General, Simon Corbell, has confirmed an independent Occupational Health and Safety Commissioner will remain as part of the Office of Regulatory Services.

Safe Work Australia Week, a week to focus attention on workplace safety issues around Australia, will be held from 21 to 27 October this year.

The Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals (Control of Use) Regulations 2007 came into force on 24 July 2007, considerably improving the framework for monitoring agricultural and veterinary chemical use in Victoria.

Australian company Sensear, developers of the award-winning electronic earmuffs and earplugs, are launching their products globally with exhibits at the A&A held in Dusseldorf, Germany this September and the National Safety Congress, held in Chicago in October.

Melbourne-based industrial design firm Outerspace Design has received international recognition, winning a bronze International Design Excellence Award (IDEA) 2007.

A project by South Australian Country Fire Service (CFS) has received a 2007 National Safety Award at the Safe Work Australia Awards in Canberra.

Federal Safety Commissioner Tom Fisher has urged senior managers in the building and construction industry to set an example for their employees and commit to a safety culture on Australian building sites.

International electronics design company, Tancher, is providing free design rights to its lifesaving personal locator radio beacon, to encourage governments and industries to make lifesaving devices more accessible.

SafeWork SA has warned farmers to include firearm safety in their OHS after a case before the SA Industrial Relations Court last Friday.

The WorkSafe Victoria injury insurance ‘Declaration of Rateable Remuneration’ can be completed online for the first time this financial year.