Industry News
New national licensing standard for persons performing high-risk work
The Australian Safety and Compensation Council (ASCC) recently finalised the National Standard for Licensing Persons Performing High Risk Work, which will replace the existing National Occupational Health and Safety Certification Standard for Users and Operators of Industrial Equipment - NOHSC: 1006 (2001).
[ + ]Maintenance warning after employer fined $50,000
A Kerang business owner has been fined $50,000, without conviction, in the County Court after an employee was crushed and later died when an excavator bucket suddenly closed on him in June last year.
[ + ]ACT cracks down on asbestos management
New laws for the ACT have commenced this month for asbestos management in non-residential premises.
[ + ]Health and safety initiatives rewarded in Victoria
The annual WorkSafe Victoria Awards had a record number of finalists this year, demonstrating the many ways that health and safety is being addressed in the arts, construction, manufacturing, entertainment and recreation industries.
[ + ]Sign of the times: $300,000 fine for company after worker dies
An employer has been convicted and charged $300,000 for an employee who died while changing a light bulb.
[ + ]Safety overhaul in Canberra
ACT Minister for Industrial Relations, Andrew Barr has introduced a range of amendments reforming the Occupational Health and Safety Act 1989.
[ + ]Quad bike safety in the spotlight
Worksafe has renewed the call for helmets to be worn by all all-terrain vehicle (ATV) users, following the death of an elderly farmer after his ATV rolled down a hill in north-east Victoria.
[ + ]A safety code for public sector workers
Australia's first safety code aimed at protecting workers in the public sector has been launched by the Western Australian government.
[ + ]Steel Blue puts the boot into breast cancer
Steel Blue will officially launch the ‘Purple Boot Brigade’ in NSW at the Sydney Safety Show to help raise awareness and much needed funds for breast cancer education.
[ + ]Changes to the Civil Law (Wrongs) Act 2002 announced
Attorney-General Simon Corbell has announced changes to the Civil Law (Wrongs) Act 2002 that will now permit a court to make an award of general damages to the estate of a person injured as a result of asbestos.
[ + ]Death reinforces the dangers of confined space work
WorkSafe is investigating the death of a 42-year-old Werribee man while working inside a steel tank at Altona North.
[ + ]Coburg’s safety under scrutiny
Workplace safety inspectors are descending on the town of Coburg on Monday 27 August for a week of heightened safety awareness.
[ + ]Fine gives flavouring company a nasty aftertaste
The major provider of flavourings to Australia’s food and confectionary industry has been ordered to donate $10,000 after being prosecuted by WorkSafe.
[ + ]$40k for chopped fingers at meatworks
A school-holiday job as a trainee at a Warrnambool meatworks resulted in a 17-year-old Sudanese refugee severing three of his fingers, a magistrate has heard.
[ + ]Education department fined for refusing compensation
WorkSafe Victoria has warned Victorian employers that failure to submit WorkCover forms would lead to court action and fines.
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