SAFEWORK SA says construction firms need to review their safety procedures for cranes after a pre-fabricated tilt-up panel fell onto a crane in Adelaide’s northern suburbs.
WORKSAFE WA has issued a safety alert after a worker was crushed to death by an unsecured stack of medium density fibreboard (MDF) panels.
PERMAC Crane Hire has been fined $2500 for failing to follow the correct procedure in varying the method of bracing concrete tilt-up construction panels.
THE PANEL for the National Review into Model Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) Laws has reminded the Australian public of the upcoming deadline for written submissions.
THE COMMONWEALTH, state and territory governments have formalised their cooperation during a Workplace Relations Ministers’ Council (WRMC) meeting in Brisbane at the end of May 2008.
SUB-Contractor Girotto Precast has been fined $215,000, and the company’s director has been placed on a two-year good behaviour bond after the 2005 death of a supervisor and injuries to three workers.
BUILDER Svein Tobiassen has been fined $35,000 for the death of a worker, after WorkSafe WA successfully appealed against an earlier dismissal of the court case.
SICK has released a series of reed switches suitable for protecting mechanical guards on machines and plants.
THE Federal Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations has announced a national review into model Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) legislations.
THE Workplace Standards Minister has assembled a panel of 20 Tasmanian mining stakeholders and asked them to consider the need for new mining regulations.