WORKSAFE Victoria has released updated information and warnings regarding the workplace amputation on 19 August 2008.
FOSTER’S has been fined $1.125m following a guilty plea over the death of a worker at its Abbotsford brewery in 2006.
VICTORIA will introduce new compensation laws for workers who develop asbestos-related diseases.
A 46-year-old truck driver has died after falling from a trailer in Victoria, making up the state’s third work related fatality in a week.
WORKSAFE Victoria will be conducting a free safety skin check at the Melville Oval grandstand at Hamilton on 3 April 2008, in an effort to target the health of outdoor workers in Western Victoria.
SDS Beverages Food and Wine of Irymple has been convicted and fined $200,000 for the death of a forklift driver.
THE ninth Comparative Performance Monitoring Report by the Australian Safety and Compensation Council was released in February 2008, and covers data from 2005 to 2006.
WORKSAFE Victoria has launched a new advertising campaign in Victoria, aiming to cut the number of workplace deaths and injuries in the state.
SOUTH Gippsland company We Fix M will stand trial in the County Court on workplace health and safety charges. The company is charged with not providing and maintaining a safe work environment.
WORKSAFE Victoria has announced it will target the maintenance, repair, installation, servicing and cleaning of machines (MRISC) in Mildura.