Industry News
SafeWork NSW Awards finalists announced
Sixteen finalists, including a coal services provider and southern NSW hospital, have been named in this year's SafeWork NSW Awards. [ + ]
Licence suspended for failure to remove asbestos
A demolition business has lost its Asbestos Removal Licence for three months after it failed to ensure its work was being carried out safely and competently. [ + ]
Roadshow to dig into health and safety at small mines and quarries
Over the next three months, the NSW Resources Regulator will travel to deliver key information on best health and safety practices in small mines and quarries. [ + ]
Queensland shines spotlight on mental health
Business leaders are encouraged to consider the importance of creating a psychologically healthy and safe workplace this Mental Health Week. [ + ]
NSW quarries face inspection under worker dust risk blitz
NSW quarries are currently being inspected without notice as part of the state's Resources Regulator's blitz on worker dust risks. [ + ]
Worker injury sees Otraco pledge $458K in enforceable undertaking
Otraco is set to pay at least $458,219 in an enforceable undertaking after a diesel-powered tyre handler caught fire in 2017, seriously burning a worker. [ + ]
Angle grinder kicks back, injures worker
A South Australian worker has sustained serious injuries after the angle grinder he was using became jammed and kicked back into his face. [ + ]
Fall from height lands $62K fine
Two construction companies have been convicted and fined $62,500 after a 31-year-old worker fell three metres onto a concrete floor in 2017. [ + ]
Journalist, footballer named health and safety ambassadors
Anjali Rao and Cameron Ling have been named as this year's ambassadors for WorkSafe Victoria's Health and Safety Month. [ + ]
