THE QUEENSLAND government has reminded workers and employers of the transition into the Workplace Health and Safety Regulation 2008.
02/09/2008
THE ORGANISERS of the Queensland Safety Show say three of Queensland’s industry associations have thrown their support behind the safety event.
24/04/2009
SPEAKERS at the Queensland Safety Conference will talk about the impact of national OHS laws, as well as swine flu and other hot topics.
05/06/2009
QUEENSLAND Workplace Health and Safety personnel are investigating an accident in which a sand quarry worker was killed.
15/08/2008
QUEENSLAND saw new laws enabling the use of Provisional Improvement Notices on 1 May 2009.
06/05/2009
THE QUEENSLAND Government will implement recommendations made by an independent reference group to help improve the safety of swing stage scaffolding.
29/09/2008
THE Queensland Government is seeking to remove section 229 of the Workplace Health and Safety Regulation 1997, which exempts the rural industry from a number of workplace health and safety regulations.
08/02/2008
NEW Queensland laws have been introduced which will enhance the powers of workplace safety representatives.
21/11/2008
THE QUEENSLAND Building Services Authority has partnered with OzHelp Queensland to address suicide in the building and construction industry.
13/10/2009
ACCORDING to the Australian Manufacturing Workers Union (AMWU), recent legislative amendments by the Queensland Parliament will allow its Organisers to enter workplaces on health and safety grounds.
02/05/2008
ACCORDING to the Australian Manufacturing Workers Union (AMWU), recent legislative amendments by the Queensland Parliament will allow its Organisers to enter workplaces on health and safety grounds.
02/05/2008
WORKPLACE Health and Safety Queensland has established a dive unit in Cairns, to deal with health and safety issues specific to diving and snorkelling.
22/01/2009
THE QUEENSLAND Minister for Industrial Relations Cameron Dick has challenged Queensland workplaces to make it through 24 hours injury-free.
27/04/2009
THE UNIVERSITY of Queensland says it is nurturing a new generation of OHS specialists with its new Bachelor of Occupational Health and Safety Science degree.
21/07/2009
A GRADUATE student from the United States will be researching mine safety in Queensland to enhance occupational health and safety expertise for mines.
13/06/2008
THE WORKPLACE Health and Safety Queensland (WHSQ) authority says large employers need to lead by establishing health and wellbeing programs in the workplace.
24/02/2009
WORKPLACE Health and Safety Queensland has released a safety alert to operators of vehicle loading cranes (VLCs) which highlights the importance of following operating instructions.
10/02/2010
PRO-VISUAL Publishing says it is distributing its Construction Industry Guide to Site Safety free of charge to Queensland’s builders and construction workers.
17/08/2009
QUEENSLAND Government electrical safety inspectors have audited more than 370 insulation installers as part of a state wide safety blitz.
22/01/2010
AUSTRALIAN Canopy Crane has been fined $20,000 for a fatal 2006 fall at its Cape Tribulation Research Facility in north Queensland.
09/07/2008