Industry News
Bakery injury easily preventable
The SA Industrial Court has heard that a simple interlock device could have prevented an incident which cost an experienced baker her livelihood.
[ + ]Brickworks fined over conveyor injury
A brickworks and its operators have been jointly fined more than $50,000 by the SA Industrial Court for a series of breaches of workplace safety laws, found to have arisen from an incident in which an employee was trapped by a conveyor belt.
[ + ]Crushed arm results in $26k fine
A metal fabricating company has been convicted and fined by an industrial magistrate following an incident in which an 18-year-old worker had his arm trapped by machinery.
[ + ]Satellite phone performance
Frost & Sullivan has conducted a study of the differences between satellite phone devices and services and has detailed this in a report.
[ + ]WorkSafe WA to keep watch on coating practices
WorkSafe WA has instigated a program to make businesses that conduct powder-coating activities aware of the dangers associated with it.
[ + ]Company pleads guilty to fatal insulation installation safety breach
A Rockhampton company pleaded guilty in the Rockhampton Industrial Magistrates Court over the death of a teenage insulation installer in the ceiling of a home in 2009.
[ + ]Safety improvements expected from Woolworths
Woolworths has committed to safety upgrades after a worker escaped injury only to be soaked in olive oil when boxes of bottles fell onto his specialised forklift at a regional distribution centre.
[ + ]WorkSafe slams Visy safety systems after forklift collision
Victorian workplaces are being warned to lift their game on traffic management following the prosecution of a national packing company after a worker was struck by a forklift.
[ + ]WorkSafe delivers solid financial and operational results
WorkSafe Victoria has reported its lowest-ever injury rate and solid financial results over the past financial year.
[ + ]Victorian inventors help improve safety
Over the past year, inventors across Victoria have been coming up with new and different ideas to make their working day safer.
[ + ]Australia’s first free-fall life boat training facility
IFAP has announced the establishment of Australia’s first free-fall life boat training facility in Fremantle to assist in offshore clients fulfilling their regulatory safety training requirements.
[ + ]Safety Institute of Australia Victorian Education Awards
A new wave of passion and energy for the OHS profession was acknowledged at the recent Safety Institute of Australia Victorian Education Awards.
[ + ]WorkSafe investigation into another workplace fatality
A man was fatally injured in West Melbourne after being crushed by a large plastic water tank.
[ + ]Forklift safety drive
A forklift safety campaign in the wholesale and retail food sectors is being conducted to improve safety in workplaces.
[ + ]Substantial fine for avoidable excavator death
A $450,000 fine was handed down to a transport company after the avoidable death of a worker in 2007.
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