Although it is recognised by organisations such as WorkCover NSW, that manual handling injuries are a major cause of lost time for workers in NSW, solutions can sometimes be hard to find.

An earthquake strikes a large city, wrecking roads and bridges, stranding rush-hour commuters, trapping office workers inside high-rise buildings.

In a move that has sparked outrage from workers’ unions around the globe, the Mexican government has replaced the national miners’ union leader and frozen the union’s assets.

ACT WorkCover has completed its safety focus campaign targeting electrical safety. The campaign began in January in response to a spate of injury reports received by ACT WorkCover involving electrical shock incidents.

In an interesting twist on the standard workers compensation cases that hit the airwaves, a Sydney woman has been convicted of fraud, and ordered to repay $37,818 for a fraudulent workers compensation claim.

WorkCover NSW is running a series of farm safety field days across the state, NSW Minister for Commerce, John Della Bosca announced recently.

A revised and updated guideline on accident and incident reporting has been released by the Resources Safety Division at the Department of Consumer and Employment Protection (DOCEP) in Western Australia.

A Western Australian engineering company has been fined $40,000 for failing to provide a safe workplace after a 17-year-old employee seriously injured his hand.

After four years of testing and development, electrical safety gear manufacturer Protectelec’s Protex inverter product is now an Australian Standards Approved electrical safety application.

Worker and commuter safety is being question by the Rail, Tram and Bus Union of NSW after a number of City Rail’s train station booking offices have been closed after discovery of asbestos.

A court has fined Transport company Patricks Distribution $9,750 for failing to ensure more than 3600 kg of chemicals transported from its Arndell Park Depot, in Sydney’s West, were probably placarded to warn people dangerous good were on board.

The TWU's Federal Committee of Management has announced its support for the NSW WorkCover OH&S regulations on Long Distance Truck Driver Fatigue.

Bill Scales has been appointed the new Chairman of the Australian Safety Compensation Council (ASCC) and Shane Freeman has been promoted to Deputy Chairman.

A study of administration workers has found their musculoskeletal pain is more affected by psychosocial factors than by excessive work hours.

Winter is often a bad time for workplaces, with many workers falling ill with colds and flus. Productivity is affected, with time away from the office resulting in lost man hours.