news archive - January 2008

  • WorkSafe investigates Moora fatality

    WORKSAFE Western Australia is investigating the death of a 37-year-old man at a factory in the Wheatbelt town of Moora yesterday afternoon.

    31/01/2008 | 0
  • Auto parts maker fined over burns injuries

    PERFORMANCE Wheel Nominees was convicted and fined more then $AUD 25000 over three counts of breaching workplace safety laws.

    22/01/2008 | 0
  • WorkCover safety warning on cutting empty metal drums

    AN explosion which seriously injured an apprentice boilermaker on January 20 has prompted WorkCover NSW Acting Chief Executive officer John Watson to issue a safety warning.

    22/01/2008 | 0
  • Trial for alleged safety breaches

    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.

    21/01/2008 | 0
  • Fall from heights safety report

    WORKCOVER NSW has announced the immediate availability of a report from the National Occupational Health and Safety Commission (NOHSC) for the transport industry.

    21/01/2008 | 0
  • Fatality at BHP Billiton’s Cannington mine

    BHP Billiton reports that a fatality occurred at its Cannington operation in north-west Queensland at 11am on the 17th of January 2008.

    18/01/2008 | 0
  • Timber mill death at Gippsland

    A 35-year-old woman was crushed when a bundled pack of timber weighing about two tonnes fell on her at the Carter Holt Harvey mill at Morwell.

    18/01/2008 | 0
  • Northern Territory’s new safety legislation comes into effect

    IN December 2007 the Northern Territory’s Legislative Assembly passed legislation creating the Workplace Health and Safety Act and the Workers Rehabilitation and Compensation Act.

    17/01/2008 | 0
  • Near-fatal accident at mine prompts safety alert

    THE Queensland Department of Mines and Energy’s Mines Inspectorate has issued a safety alert following a near-fatal collision between a 4-wheel-drive (4WD) light vehicle and a water truck at a surface mine.

    17/01/2008 | 0
  • WorkSafe urges zero-tolerance to workplace initiations

    WORKSAFE Victoria has once again reinforced its message against initiations and pranks in the workplace.

    16/01/2008 | 0
  • Teen badly burnt in paint thinner blast

    A teenager has been badly burnt in a factory explosion at Gloucester, north of Newcastle, in the New South Wales Hunter region.

    15/01/2008 | 0
  • Drug use workshops

    FRONTLINE Diagnostics will hold a series of workshops in March 2008 to educate Australian employers about drug use in the workplace.

    15/01/2008 | 0
  • Challenge Dairy pleads guilty for fingertip loss

    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.

    15/01/2008 | 0
  • WorkSafe calls for safer construction in 2008

    WITH most Victorian construction and building sites commencing work for the first time on the 7th of January, WorkSafe Victoria has called for a safer year in building.

    14/01/2008 | 0
  • Concern over Fortescue’s Pilbara mine safety

    CONSTRUCTION unions have criticised Chief Executive Officer Andrew Forrest and the safety record of his Fortescue Metals Group after the death on 11 January 2008 of a 26-year-old rigger.

    14/01/2008 | 0
  • Ammonia leak at Ingham factory

    TWENTY people were affected by an ammonia leak at an Ingham chicken factory at Edinburgh, South Australia.

    11/01/2008 | 0
  • Teenage apprentice burned in workplace prank

    AN alleged prank at a diesel engine repair shop in Melbourne’s south-east has left an apprentice mechanic with burns.

    11/01/2008 | 0
  • Rolling mine vehicles safety bulletin

    The Resources Safety division in the Western Australian Department of Consumer and Employment Protection has issued a safety alert following a number of incidents where unattended vehicles rolled away down slopes at mine sites.

    10/01/2008 | 0
  • Maintenance safety campaign for Mildura

    WORKSAFE Victoria has announced it will target the maintenance, repair, installation, servicing and cleaning of machines (MRISC) in Mildura.

    10/01/2008 | 0
  • SafeWork SA urges care against heat stress

    AS work resumes across the nation following the holiday break, SafeWork SA warned against the dangers of heat stress during hot weather.

    10/01/2008 | 0
  • Dates for 2008 Safety Show announced

    Following the success of The Safety Show Sydney in October 2007, the next Sydney Show will be held from 28 to 30 October 2008.

    10/01/2008 | 0
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