ACCORDING to SA Industrial Relations Minister Paul Caica, the Safe Work Award winners provide examples of the innovation, dedication and cooperation needed to keep workplace safe.
LAKESIDE Packaging has been convicted and fined $100,000 as a result of a prosecution over their treatment of two Chinese workers on Section 457 visas.
THE Alcohol and other Drugs Council of Australia (ADCA) is holding a Drug Action Week from 22 to 28 June 2008 to combat drug use in the workplace.
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.
WORKSAFE Victoria has released a guide regarding the use and handling of hazardous substances.
A Perth hay baling company has been fined $120,000 for failing to provide a safe workplace after a man’s lower leg was torn off in a hay press machine.
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.
THE NSW Industrial Court has convicted and fined both an employer and a labour hire company for failing to ensure proper training and workplace safety for a contractor.
According to Frontline Diagnostics, the mining industry is at the forefront of Australian workplace safety, with about 70% of the nation’s 380 mines having a drug-safe workplace program in place.
WORKSAFE Victoria has once again reinforced its message against initiations and pranks in the workplace.