Manufacturer prosecuted for insufficient safety information
28 January, 2010
A Victorian business was convicted and fined $80,000 after it failed to provide safety information about its products to its customers.
Spill Station to distribute Hughes safety showers
25 January, 2010
Spill Station Australia has secured exclusive distribution for emergency safety shower manufacturer Hughes Safety Showers.
WorkCover urges focus on young worker safety in 2010
20 January, 2010
WorkCover NSW is urging businesses across the state to prioritise the safety of young workers in the new year.
Treotham Automation Plant and Equipment Risk Assessment Service
14 January, 2010 | Supplied by: Treotham Automation Pty Ltd
The Automation Plant and Equipment Risk Assessment Service is a risk assessment and harm minimisation process to ensure plant and equipment is compliant with regulations and safe to operate.
Husband and wife guilty of WorkSafe and TAC fraud
14 January, 2010
Two Melbourne healthcare providers were recently convicted of fraud against WorkSafe and the Transport Accident Commission for claiming 690 false consultations.
Safety resolutions needed to make Victoria safe in 2010
11 January, 2010
WorkSafe Victoria is calling on employers and workers to make a concerted effort to create safe workplaces this year.
OHS obligations of labour hire and group training companies
11 January, 2010
While labour hire sector firms provide around 600,000 workers to industry across the country, failings by some are causing serious injuries and big fines to be imposed by the courts.
NZ workplace death toll cause for concern
22 December, 2009
The alarmingly high number of workplace fatalities in the second half of 2009 in New Zealand has sparked a strong message from the Department of Labour.
Comcare issues safety alert for transportable buildings
18 December, 2009
Comcare recently issued a safety alert about the use of transportable buildings in areas that are prone to cyclones and high wind gusts.
Ministers endorse model work health and safety provisions which now become the agreed model Act
16 December, 2009
At a recent Workplace Relations Ministers’ Council meeting, government Ministers finalised the harmonisation of model work health and safety laws.
Another step closer to the model work health and safety laws
16 December, 2009 by Lea Constantine*
Some important amendments to the model Safe Work Act 2009 were recommended by Safe Work Australia to the Workplace Relations Ministers’ Council (WRMC) when the WRMC met on 11 December 2009.
WorkSafe says there’s no excuse for shortcuts in tough times
15 December, 2009
WorkSafe is reminding Victorian employers that their legal obligations in helping an injured worker return to safe and sustainable work remain unchanged in difficult economic times.
Victoria’s workplace death toll highest since 2001
15 December, 2009
Statistics from WorkSafe indicate that Victoria’s workplace death toll is the highest it has been since 2001.
WorkCover guide for residential construction industry
15 December, 2009
A site-specific induction guide for housing industry builders was released recently by WorkCover NSW.
Business pleads guilty to seven workers compensation offences
08 December, 2009
A company that deliberately neglected its workers compensation responsibilities to one of its workers was fined in court on seven offences.
