A new scaffolding safety blitz has been announced for NSW construction sites, after a recent safety blitz saw 800 notices issued across the state. [ + ]

WorkSafe Tasmania has launched an online notification process to help businesses streamline the way they report workplace deaths, fatalities and incidents. [ + ]

Yarra Valley Snack Foods has been fined $80,000 after a worker sustained serious injuries to his lung, ribs, lower back, leg and ankle in a workplace incident. [ + ]

WorkSafe WA investigators are inspecting two separate incidents that led to the deaths of two men in Emu Flats and Benger. [ + ]

Safe Work Australia has published resources for PCBUs working with respirable crystalline silica, after the workplace exposure standard for silica dust was halved. [ + ]

A liquid waste treatment facility in Yatala, Queensland, has been fined $800,000 after an incident in which a worker was burnt to death. [ + ]

WorkSafe Victoria is reviewing weekly compensation payments for young workers, after an error in calculating increment dates was discovered in 2019. [ + ]

SafeWork SA inspectors have commenced a proactive compliance campaign after suspending a class B removal licence for non-compliance. [ + ]