Pilbara Constructions, Port of Broome, Monear and Sundowner Technologies, and Bill Towie from the Forest Products Commission are the four winners of the prestigious 2007 Work Safety Awards Western Australia and will now be entered into the national Safe Work Australia Awards.

This year’s ACT Health and Safety Month saw 188 events place in the ACT, including a variety of OHS displays, training sessions, workplace assessments and workshops by a number of participating organisations.

The Partners in Safety mentor program was officially released this week by the acting Occupational Health and Safety Commissioner, Steven Hart.

ACT Attorney General, Simon Corbell has presented the ACT Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) Excellence Award for 2007 to Construction Control, an ACT established construction company with more than 150 staff members.

New regulations for the construction industry will come into effect in early 2008, as part of a national initiative for consistent construction laws across Australia.

WA Industrial Relations Commissioner Stephen Kenner has been appointed to conduct a review of the Mines Safety and Inspection Act 1994.

The Construction Forestry Mining and Energy Union has accused a Hobart zinc smelter of exposing 100 production workers to a carcinogenic mist and putting company profits ahead of workers' health.

The Monash University Accident Research Centre (MUARC), the largest injury prevention centre in the Southern Hemisphere, is set to celebrate its 20th anniversary with a gala dinner on 14 November 2007.

SA Worksafe has released a campaign aimed at raising employers’ and workers’ awareness of their role in contributing to a safer workplace.

The National Safety Council of Australia (NSCA) has announced the winners of the 2007 NSCA/SKILLED Group National Safety Awards of Excellence.

BOC is helping businesses comply with the new AS5034 standard for beverage-dispensing gases, which comes into effect on 1 January 2008.

Workers in all occupations across Victoria are being urged to “learn the latest and stay up to date†by attending a free seminar during this year's Work Safe Week.

A South Australian company has been fined $20,000 for an incident where a worker collapsed while cleaning an industrial degreasing tank, highlighting the dangers of working with chemicals in enclosed spaces.

Western Sydney-based specialist surgeons have come together to create the Hand Injury Centre Hotline.

A record number of finalists for this year's WorkSafe Victoria Awards demonstrate the many different ways that health and safety is being addressed in the arts, construction, manufacturing, entertainment and recreation industries.