The Australasian Podiatry Council (APodC) has partnered with Steel Blue to promote workplace foot safety as part of Foot Health Week, which will run from 8-14 October.

Last week’s safety blitz on height hazards in the ACT has resulted in 12 prohibition notices, 17 improvement notices and one compliance agreement.

A Perth construction company has been fined $25,000 after a crane toppled over on a building site, even though no-one was injured.

Safe Work Australia Week is on again in 2007 and will run from 22-28 October.

SafeWork SA has issued a safety warning following a run of four workplace accidents in one 24-hour period.

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.

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

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.

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.