Three companies have been hit with more than $86,000 in fines and reparations after a New Zealand man fell to his death on the first day of his new job last August.

A new compliance initiative by ACT WorkCover will see more than 550 businesses receive a request in coming weeks to provide evidence of a valid workers compensation policy.

A spate of prosecutions has seen labour hire companies held accountable for the safety of employees they ‘on-hire’ to other employers.

There is one month to go until the ‘green card’ deadline in NSW and WorkCover has issued a reminder to those NSW construction workers who have not yet updated their certification.

An ACT company has been fined $200,000 under a new OHS law after a worker was injured by a hazard previously identified by the company’s risk assessment process.

A revision of the standard for confined spaces will address the criticism that the definition in the current standard is difficult to apply.

SafeWork SA is calling for entries into the Safe Work Awards for 2006.

Standards Australia funding will continue at current or increased levels if recommendations from a draft report are followed that suggest it remain Australia’s peak standards development organisation.

A 62-year-old truck driver has died after a log being loaded onto his truck fell and hit him.

The new standard for the safety of machinery has finally been published.

The Victorian State Coroner’s Office has launched an online newsletter featuring details of work-related cases in an effort to prevent further fatalities.

A man has died in hospital 10 months after his forklift tipped and crushed him.

The ASCC has pronounced the recent harmonisation talks on a national strategy for OHS to be “constructiveâ€.

NSW representatives have been directed to wait for a commitment from the ASCC that today’s harmonisation talks will be subject to four principles outlined at the 18 May COAG meeting before joining in the discussions.

NSW representatives have joined today’s meeting of the occupational health and safety working group, according to an announcement by the ASCC just before one o’clock this afternoon.