Safety cultures needed to save lives
21 August, 2008New Zealand business leaders have been urged to show the way in encouraging a safety culture within workplaces, during discussions at the Leaders in Health and Safety Summit held in Wellington this week.
Fosters receives $1.125m OHS fine
08 August, 2008Fosters Australia has received a massive $1.125m fine for serious safety failings which led to the death of a worker at its Abbotsford (Melbourne) brewery in April 2006.
NSW increases workers compensation death benefits
30 July, 2008Premier Morris Iemma recently met with the CFMEU Workplace Tragedy Family Support Group to promote the upcoming changes to the workers compensation death benefits.
Supreme Court overrules joint OHS appeal
24 July, 2008The SA Supreme Court has overruled the joint appeal lodged by Santos Limited and Diemould Tooling Services, clarifying a key point of law for prosecuting serious breaches of workplace safety laws.
Public comment sought on machinery regs
22 July, 2008The Commission for Occupational Safety and Health is seeking public comment on the draft code of practice for safeguarding of machinery and plant.
Poison people — who’s obstructing safety in your workplace? Part 3
15 July, 2008 by Andrew Douglas*Proactive management of problem employees is crucial, as management should aim to neutralise the problem behaviour as soon as possible.
WorkSafe targeting regions identified as unsafe
11 July, 2008WorkSafe Victoria has announced a program of intervention activities over the coming 12 months that will focus on a compiled list of metropolitan and regional areas identified as being in need of OHS improvement, based on workers compensation claims.
Company guilty after Chinese workers hurt
19 June, 2008A Campbellfield company has pleaded guilty to seven workplace health and safety charges after two Chinese workers in Australia on section 457 visas suffered serious injuries in 2006.
NT updates workplace safety framework
10 June, 2008Northern Territory businesses now need to consider whether they comply with two new legislations due to commence this year: the Workplace Health and Safety Act and the Workers Rehabilitation and Compensation Act.
SA focus on small business safety
10 June, 2008Small business will be the focus of the next phase of South Australia’s key workplace safety program.
Poison people — who’s obstructing safety in your workplace? Part 2
10 June, 2008 by Andrew Douglas*Mr Munchausen, Mr Resentful and Mr Bully are not obvious members of an employee group. Each character is something of a prototype – a number of employees may exhibit some of the qualities associated with these characters in different amounts and at different times.
Workplace Relations Ministers' Council communiqué
02 June, 2008The meeting of the Workplace Relations Ministers’ Council (WRMC) in Brisbane on 23 May 2008 represented an historic watershed in cooperative federalism in the workplace relations area.
Safety website for young workers
30 May, 2008SafeWork SA has begun a program of asking young South Australians what they need in the way of resources on workplace safety and industrial relations.
Labour hire company fined for host's unsafe practices
26 May, 2008A labour hire company has been fined $27,500 for failing to ensure that a host company's workplace was safe before deploying its workers, after one employee’s fingers were crushed in an unguarded machine.
Poison people — who’s obstructing safety in your workplace? Part 1
16 May, 2008 by Andrew DouglasWhat do military history and popular culture tell us about corporate values and the capacity to introduce change? Perhaps more than we expect.
