WORKING IN HEAT WARNING
WorkCover NSW warned workers to take precautions when the Australian Bureau of Meteorology recently forecast hot weather conditions in NSW. Employers and workers, especially those working in heat-related conditions, need to remain vigilant to the risks of working...
3 DIE IN LEAD UP TO XMAS
There were three confirmed worker fatalities in Victoria over four days last week, prompting WorkSafe to issue an urgent plea for workplaces to make safety their priority in the lead-up to the end of year break. The three deaths were: • a 50-year-old man who died...
FARMING FATALITIES
There were three fatalities in Victoria in the space of five days: the first was a farmer who died on Sunday November 3 after his ute rolled down an embankment at Noorat, in Victoria’s South West. The second was a 71-year-old farmer who was crushed by a grain auger...
FINES FOR FORKLIFT INCIDENTS
Three companies have been prosecuted in the past week for incidents involving forklifts. Also this week, a man who was struck by a forklift at Morwell has undergone surgery at the Latrobe Valley Hospital. The man, a truck driver, was standing near the front of...NEW LAWS IN NSW
New work health and safety (WHS) laws replaced the occupational health and safety (OHS) laws in NSW on 1 January 2012. These new laws will provide greater consistency, certainty and clarity across Australia making it easier to understand your workplace health...
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