Quarry company convicted and fined $650,000 after worker dies
15 December, 2009A quarrying company that operates in Victoria and Queensland was convicted and fined $650,000 after the death of a worker in 2005.
Comcare to prosecute Linfox
07 December, 2009Comcare has initiated proceedings against Linfox Australia over a forklift incident in Western Australia.
Using risk assessments to avoid manual handling injuries
04 December, 2009 by Karl Wisdon*Workplace injuries are a serious factor that every business, manager and staff member must think about. Not only do injuries impact on workers' health but on absenteeism, loss of income and even loss of jobs.
NZ crane operators urged to review safety
01 December, 2009New Zealand’s Department of Labour has issued an appeal to crane operators to review their health and safety practices following a court case involving a fatal accident in 2008.
Lift cushions and airbags
12 November, 2009 byThe Pronal Group offers stock and custom-fabricated lifting cushions powerful enough to lift and split rock and heavy plant. The cushions range from ultra-thin bags (20 mm thick deflated) that can lift more than 65 tonnes each, to powerful spreading cushions that can exert hundreds of tonnes of force to part plant and machinery components or lift rocks.
Court penalty highlights forklift dangers
20 October, 2009A South Australian company was fined, over an incident in 2007, where a worker was injured while working beneath a forklift.
Conveyors for bulk materials
23 September, 2009 byThe Exair Heavy Duty Threaded Line Vac Conveyors convert ordinary pipe into a conveying system for bulk materials including steel shot, metal parts, scrap and trim. Applications include transferring bulk materials and parts, hopper loading, waste/trim removal, fibre tensioning, chip removal and filling operations.
Vertical lift bin tippers
18 September, 2009 byThe Wrightway vertical lift bin tippers are bin lift-and-empty machines that safely and efficiently lift heavy or awkward bins to empty waste into industrial skips, or tip ingredients into hoppers.
Hidden construction injuries have the biggest cost
15 September, 2009WorkSafe Victoria has launched a concerted assault on the state’s biggest source of workplace injuries which cost the community $600 million a year in medical treatment and rehabilitation bills.
Melbourne manufacturer convicted and fined after worker dies
17 August, 2009B&D Australia has been convicted and fined $300,000 over an incident at its factory where an employee was killed after being struck by a steel tube he was lifting with a crane.
Pallet inverter
07 August, 2009 byThe Pal-Invert is a heavy-duty materials handling inverter, designed to facilitate the fast rotation of full pallets of product, thereby cutting out the arduous and often time-consuming processes of manually handling and re-stacking of pallets.
Serious injury sustained by worker as concrete floor gives way
03 August, 2009A worker's hand was crushed by a jack as the jacking system’s base broke through the reinforced concrete floor of the workshop under the weight of the load and the trailer falling back.
Launch of new Victorian structural steel safety standard
27 July, 2009WorkSafe Victoria has recently released a new standard on the safe erection of structural steel for buildings.
Crane safety audit system
09 June, 2009 byThe Crane Reliability Survey (CRS) is an audit service that tracks the condition, reliability, service life and operating safety of a crane and its components.
Chain hoist
09 June, 2009 byThe Prolyft series of chain hoists includes models with maximum lifts ranging from 250 to 2000 kg in both direct-voltage control and low-voltage control.
