Business guilty of workers compensation offence
10 December, 2008Unfairly sacking an injured worker after sustaining a work-related injury has seen a Victorian company convicted and fined $40,000.
Interlock dust covers
01 December, 2008Fortress has introduced Dustcovers for use with its mGard range of industrial safety interlocks. The covers are available as standard or padlock-able and fit over the lock, preventing build-up of dust and debris that could impede internal lock functioning.
Manufacturers fined over hand injuries in SA
01 December, 2008Two companies in SA have been fined a total of $51,000 for failing to ensure the safety of employees, which caused two workers to suffer serious hand injuries when working with machines.
Safety decisions often based on incomplete information
17 November, 2008Professionals may overlook important information when they search for research findings about injury prevention and safety promotion, according to a recent thesis by Dr David Lawrence.
Failed safety effort results in injury and fine
05 November, 2008An incomplete safety upgrade to a machine has resulted in a severe injury to a worker and a subsequent heavy penalty to his employer for failing to provide any indication that the machine guarding was not functioning.
Safety fencing
11 October, 2008The Easyfence range of safety fencing was developed to eliminate the long delivery times usually associated with conventional safety fencing systems.
NZ injury highlights need for machine guarding
08 October, 2008Yarrows the Bakers was fined $62,000 for an incident where a pastry roller crushed an employee's hand, emphasising the need for proper machine guarding in all industries.
Business leaders urged to be ‘human’ when faced with death or serious injury in the workplace
03 October, 2008 by Jamie Robinson*Responding to death or serious injury in the workplace with a compassionate, ‘human’ approach is vital to minimising harm and protecting a company’s reputation and employee relations. There is a difference between being a compassionate employer and admitting liability.
$32K fine after worker struck by forklift
29 September, 2008Pure Logistics Cold Chain was fined $32,000 recently for an incident in 2006 at its Regency Park warehouse where a worker's foot was crushed by a forklift.
Two injuries same machine - $40K fine
23 September, 2008An Adelaide company that moulds carpet for the car industry was recently fined $40,000 after two workers were injured in near-identical circumstances by the same machine on two separate occasions.
Scrap metal industry safety program
22 September, 2008Metropolitan and regional scrap metal businesses in Western Australia were visited by WorkSafe inspectors as part of a compliance campaign, with 64% of the workplaces visited found to have inadequately guarded machinery.
Recent deaths highlight need for job safety action
04 September, 2008New Zealand’s Department of Labour recently put out a call to businesses to take action to make their workplaces safer in order to curb the number of workplace fatalities.
Judge condemns company after second worker dies
29 August, 2008A Victorian County Court Judge has told PaperlinX it had only a "reasonable chance of rehabilitation", after a series of safety failings at its Maryvale Mill in Gippsland led to the death of a worker in 2005.
OHS and workers compensation report released
27 August, 2008The government has released the Comparative Performance Monitoring (CPM) report on Australia’s OHS and workers compensation outcomes for 2006–07.
Heads of workplace safety meet in Sydney
26 August, 2008Australian and New Zealand Heads of Workplace Safety Authorities (HWSA) met in Sydney recently to discuss the progress of a range of initiatives to further OHS management across Australian workplaces.
