Industry News
Victoria calls for delay to national OHS harmonisation
The Victorian Government has called for a delay to national Occupational Health and Safety harmonisation.
[ + ]WorkCover and Tasco commit to safety
WorkCover NSW and sawmilling company Tasco have signed an alliance to enhance the safety of Tasco staff.
[ + ]Free seminars at The Safety Show Sydney
Free workshops and seminars in tandem with The Safety Show Sydney on 25-27 October will provide visitors an opportunity to learn all about the new workplace safety setting and its impacts.
[ + ]Two get court for plank prank
WorkSafe prosecutor Patrick McQuillan told the court workplaces were not playgrounds, forklifts were not toys and that over the past five years, 7000 Victorian workplace injuries caused by falls from height had cost $200 million in treatment and rehabilitation costs.
[ + ]OHS reforms to deliver $2bn a year
The OHS reforms will deliver up to $2bn a year in productivity gains, Minister for Workplace Relations, Senator Chris Evans said.
[ + ]Wage case boost to SA’s lowest paid workers
In its latest review of the Minimum Standard for Remuneration, the Industrial Relations Commission of South Australia supported the state government’s submission to provide a 3.4% pay rise to our lowest paid workers.
[ + ]WorkCover program helps small business focus on safety
WorkCover NSW has congratulated 32 businesses that offered support and assistance to 36 smaller businesses, as part of the 2010 ‘Safe Business is Good Business’ mentor program.
[ + ]Baulderstone tops 1m hours safety record at Mt St John
Baulderstone is celebrating the second major safety milestone for the Townsville Wastewater Upgrade Program at Mt St John, clocking up 1 million hours free of lost time injury (LTI).
[ + ]Wormald calls for farm vehicles to upgrade fire suppression systems
Due to the size, fuel-carrying capacity and cost of today’s farm machinery, particularly harvesters, appropriate vehicle fire suppression systems compliant to Australian Standards should be installed.
[ + ]Worker’s fall leads to fine
Two companies have been convicted and fined over an incident in Melbourne’s north that left a man with serious injuries after falling nearly four metres from an unguarded conveyor belt.
[ + ]Brisbane to host National Conference on Injury Prevention and Safety Promotion
The 10th National Conference on Injury Prevention and Safety Promotion will be held at the Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre in Queensland from 2-4 November 2011.
[ + ]Employers’ toolkit to help injured workers return to work
WorkSafe Victoria has released the employers’ toolkit to help injured workers get back to safe work early.
[ + ]Tractor safety needs more focus, says WorkSafe Victoria
A farmer on a vegetable farm at Pearcedale in Melbourne’s south-east is lucky to be alive after being run over by a tractor during the weekend.
[ + ]Santos fined for Moomba gas blast
Santos has been fined more than $80,000 by the SA Industrial Relations Court after being convicted of safety shortcomings that led to an explosion at its Moomba gas processing facility on New Year’s Day in 2004.
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