Hand injury incurs 20K fine
22 January, 2010The principals of a South Australian company were convicted and fined over a workplace injury where an employee lost several fingers.
New WA code of practice on safeguarding of machinery and plant
22 December, 2009A new code of practice for the safeguarding of machinery and plant was recently released in Western Australia.
Sawmill and director prosecuted after worker loses hand
30 November, 2009WorkSafe Victoria has put timber mill operators on notice to improve safety after the prosecution of a company and its director on workplace health and safety charges.
Can metal lathes be made safe?
30 November, 2009 by Frank Schrever*Metal lathes are dangerous machines that can cause serious injury. A simple interlocked chuck guard that prevents the machine from starting while open can reduce most lathe safety risks. These guards and controls are adaptable for just about every brand of lathe and, applied correctly can eliminate risks without depending on human behaviour.
Company director and firm convicted and fined $815,000 over workplace death
17 November, 2009A Victorian company director was convicted and fined $65,000, while his company was convicted on two counts and fined a total of $750,000 over a workplace death on an unguarded machine.
Employer fined over fingertip loss
06 November, 2009An Adelaide Hills food business has been fined over an incident in which a mincer amputated an employee’s fingertip.
Printer fined over fifth workplace injury
06 November, 2009An Adelaide printing business was convicted and fined in the SA Industrial Relations Court, after pleading guilty to its fifth breach of workplace safety laws.
Guard your machines and protect your employees
30 September, 2009 by Andrew Douglas*A recent NSW Industrial Court ruling over an injury sustained by a worker from an unguarded machine stresses the importance of avoiding taking short cuts just to meet production schedules at the risk of injuring employees.
Fine over injury on unguarded machine
28 September, 2009An Adelaide kitchen maker and one of its supervisors have been fined in the Industrial Court over an incident in which a teenage employee had a section of finger amputated at the company’s workshop.
Upgraded safety locks
18 September, 2009 byThe H31 safety lock mechanism has been replaced with the upgraded mGard CL disc tumbler lock.
Manufacturer fined over burn incident
10 August, 2009Caroma was recently fined over an incident at its South Australian operations that left an employee with severe burns.
SA employers fined for rail and factory injuries
03 August, 2009In a busy day at the Magistrates Court of South Australia (Industrial), three companies were convicted and fined over incidents in 2007 where workers sustained injuries from inadequate safety measures.
SA sawmill fined over worker's head injury
27 July, 2009A South Australian company has been convicted and fined $36,000 over a serious head injury sustained by one of its workers from an unguarded machine.
Adelaide engineering firm convicted over apprentice's death
29 June, 2009An Adelaide company has been convicted and fined $72,000 over the death of an 18-year-old apprentice who was dragged into an ungaurded rotating machine in 2004.
Fine for SA sawmill injury
23 June, 2009An Adelaide sawmill company has been convicted and fined over an incident that left a worker with a painful groin injury in 2007.
