JACKSON Products has released a range of safety eyewear for industrial usage, suited for metal working and machinery operation.
MELBOURNE-based Omni Bedding has been fined $360,000 after an employee’s hair was caught in machinery and torn off in an April 2007 incident.
WORKSAFE Victoria says it is investigating an incident at a Traralgon sawmill where a man lost his arm on the morning of 19 August 2008.
LAKESIDE Packaging pleaded guilty to seven workplace health and safety charges after WorkSafe Victoria prosecuted the company for forcing two Chinese workers to work while suffering from serious injuries.
A LABOUR hire company has been fined $27,500 after worker’s fingers were crushed in an unguarded machine.
WORKPLACE Safety Authorities across Australia have launched a safety campaign targeted at unguarded machines in the manufacturing sector.
ADELAIDE Industrial Labour Service was fined $9000 over injuries sustained by an 18-year-old employee when his hands were trapped in a pipe-bending machine.
Workplace safety authorities across Australia have launched a national safety campaign in a bid to improve machine guarding in the manufacturing industry.
A Perth-based rock candy manufacturer has pleaded guilty to failing to provide and maintain a safe workplace, after a worker’s finger was severely injured in an unguarded machine.
CHALLENGE Australian Dairy has pleaded guilty to failing to provide and maintain a safe work place. It was fined $20 000 for a 2005 incident when a worker lost part of his finger.