NEW Queensland laws have been introduced which will enhance the powers of workplace safety representatives.
WORKSAFE Victoria has released its operational results for the 2007/2008 financial year
NEW safety research will be released at The Safety Conference in Sydney from 28 to 30 October 2008.
THE MINISTER for Employment and Workplace Relations has released the 2006 to 2007 Comparative Performance Monitoring Report (CPM report).
WORLD Day for Safety and Health at Work is an international campaign on 28 April 2008 which aims to promote health and safety at work.
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.
VISCOUNT Rotational Mouldings was fined $162,500 for the workplace fatality of two of its Wagga Wagga staff.
ACCORDING to a report from the Workplace Relations Ministers’ Council, more than 230 compensation cases for workplace-related fatalities are settled in Australia each year.
WORKCOVER NSW has published a safety alert regarding the use of excavators in or near water, following a workplace fatality when an excavator tipped over while working in a creek, trapping the operator within.
The Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU) has called for urgent action to prevent workplace deaths.