Online safety workbooks
01 January, 2009 | Supplied by: Enhancing Safety Pty Ltd
The Enhancing Safety online system enables people to acquire occupational health and safety skills by completing online workbooks as part or all of their assessment process.
Impact-absorbing bollard
01 January, 2009 | Supplied by: Barrier Group
The Shock Absorbing Bollard absorbs the energy caused by low-speed collisions, minimising the impact transferred to either the protected asset or to the warehouse floor.
Men six times more likely to be injured at work
23 December, 2008
A report that monitors the hospitalisation of injured workers reveals that men are six times more liikely than women to be injured in the workplace.
Regulators harmonise construction induction training
17 December, 2008
WorkCover NSW now recognises the South Australian ‘white card’, Queensland's 'blue card' and Victoria's 'red card' as proof of construction induction training equivalent to WorkCover’s'OHS General Induction for Construction Work in NSW' course.
Regulator launches guide for housing construction safety
15 December, 2008
WorkCover NSW has released a guide to assist small residential construction businesses to meet their workplace safety responsibilities.
Teen dies at Ballarat mine
12 December, 2008
WorkSafe Victoria is investigating the death of a 17-year-old apprentice who was run over by a truck at Ballarat’s Lihir gold mine yesterday morning.
National OHS Review Report released
12 December, 2008 by Michael Tooma and Alena Titterton*
The National OHS Review Panel's first report was released recently, containing the findings and recommendations for what the National OHS Review Panel considers the optimal content of a model OHS Act regarding duties of care and the structure of offences.
Pre-Christmas forklift safety warning as company fined $175,000
10 December, 2008
A Victorian company has been convicted and fined $175,000 following a worker being struck and killed by a forklift at its cold storage warehouse.
Company and worker prosecuted after forklift hitchhike
10 December, 2008
WorkSafe Victoria has imposed ‘alternate penalty’ provisions against a company and a worker after a stunt on a forklift that left one person with a broken leg.
Severe fine for SA company over workplace death
10 December, 2008
A South Australian company was convicted and fined $65,000 for breaching the OHS Act following the death of a worker after being struck by a front-end loader.
Zinifex fined $65K for workplace death
09 December, 2008
Zinifex Port Pirie has been convicted and fined $65,000 for the death of a worker at the Port Pirie smelter in October 2004.
$175,000 pre-Christmas forklift safety warning
08 December, 2008
WorkSafe Victoria has issued a pre-Christmas safety warning for traffic management systems after AB Oxford Cold Storage was convicted and fined $175,000 for the forklift-related death of a worker on 13 April 2005.
Medium-duty hand truck
01 December, 2008 | Supplied by: Reflex Pty Ltd
The Megatruck is a medium-duty, straight back hand truck that is designed for general materials handling use in warehouses and factories and by couriers in mobile applications.
Large penalties over SA travelator fatality
01 December, 2008
Two companies in SA were fined $180,000 for failing to properly supervise the testing of a travelator (at a suburban shopping centre) and not providing a safe work environment, which caused the death of a worker not involved with the travelator but engaged in general construction work around it.
NZ Workplace Health and Safety Strategy report released
01 December, 2008
The New Zealand Department of Labour released its annual report on the progress of its 10-year Workplace Health and Safety Strategy, identifying the need for government, business and communities to work together more in forming a culture of safety among workers.
