WORKSAFE WA has reminded workers and employers to keep safe when returning to work after the festive season.
WorkSafe WA is prompting workplaces to check their safety procedures for stacking goods following the deaths of several workers.
Listening to MP3 players at work can be hazardous to users’ hearing and increase the risk of injury, according to WorkSafe WA.
A MALAGA-based furniture company has been fined $40,750 over an incident in which a lift truck rolled over and seriously injured two men.
WORKSAFE WA is investigating the falling death of a 29-year-old construction worker at a work site in west Perth on 11 November 2008.
A TRANSPORT company has been fined $35,000 for failing to ensure its commercial vehicle drivers took legislated mandatory rest breaks.
WORKSAFE WA has issued a reminder to workers engaged in high risk work that they must be licensed to perform that work.
WORKSAFE WA is investigating the death of an apprentice cabinet maker at a Malaga furniture factory on 7 March 2008.
P&O Ports was fined $40,000 for failing to provide a safe workplace after an incident at Port Hedland in which a worker’s legs were seriously and permanently injured.
WORKSAFE Western Australia is investigating the death of a 37-year-old man at a factory in the Wheatbelt town of Moora yesterday afternoon.