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Latest from Safety Solutions – www.safetysolutions.net.au What’s New? Changes to licence requirements for loadshifting machines From 30 September 2011, operators of loadshifting machines will no longer need a certificate of competency to operate some loadshifting equiment. [ read more ] Driver fatigue management alert NT WorkSafe has issued a safety alert that highlights the importance [...]

The Safety Toolshed

The Safety Toolshed Its not often that we recommend Twitter sites but this one is a definite exception. The Safety Toolshed is quirky but also provides an excellent source for the latest interesting safety news, new safety products and other relevant issues. You really should check out the Safety Tool Shed http://twitter.com/#!/SafeWorkAust and please follow [...]

Latest News from Worksafe

First discrimination conviction Workers’ rights to speak up about safety without fearing for their jobs has been upheld in the first discrimination conviction under the Occupational Health and Safety Act 2004. Patrick Stevedoring Pty Ltd, a subsidiary of transport infrastructure giant Asciano, was convicted and fined after discriminating against a worker who raised concerns about [...]

Last News from Worksafe for 2010

Last News from Worksafe for 2010 As most of us prepare to reflect on and celebrate the year that has been and the year that will be, consider the 22 Victorians who lost their lives at work this year. Seventy-five per cent of these deaths occurred across the manufacturing, logistics and agriculture industries (over half of this percentage occurred [...]

Safe To Work

Latest News from Safe To Work Electric incident kills Victorian worker An electrician has died after receiving an electric shock, in one of two Victorian workplace incidents this month where an electrician was injured Safe Work calls for public comment on model work health & safety laws Safe Work Australia has announced the second phase [...]

Safety Solutions News

Latest news from Safety Solutions What’s New? Can people be responsible for their own safety? Part 1 Human error prevention specialist Cristian Sylvestre analyses the human and environmental conditions that frequently lead to workplace accidents and injuries. [ read more on this Article ] Liability laws damaging the economy, survey reveals An Australian Institute of [...]

Latest Safe To Work News

Latest News Melbourne business man prosecuted for employee death A Melbourne business owner was prosecuted last week after a worker on a domestic construction site under his control fell through a hole in the floor and died. NSW developer fined after serious head injuries on worksite A NSW developer has been fined $80,000 and ordered [...]

Latest news from Safety Express

Latest from Worksafe Victoria’s Safety Express For what it’s worth… In this edition, John Knowles discusses the use of training to change workplace behaviour. John is an OHS Consultant at Xchanging, a workers compensation agent in Victoria. Is training enough? In Australia, supervisors and middle managers can determine what is acceptable behaviour in the workplace. [...]

Latest News from Safe to Work

Work Safety Awards WA announces winners Winners of the 2010 Work Safety Awards Western Australia have been announced â€“ with a combination of companies and individual workers taking home gold. SafeWork SA warn farmers of fatigue risks during grain harvest South Australian grain farmers have been urged by SafeWork to be aware of the risks [...]

Latest News from Safety Solutions

What’s New? Safety professionals and CFOs need to speak the same language ahead of new OHS Act An insurance and risk adviser firm has called on safety professionals to get more involved with senior executives to ensure their companies and management fully comprehend their new responsibilities under the new OHS Act. [ read more on [...]

Farm Safety Concerns

[picappgallerysingle id="285167"] In their latest edition of The Safety Express, Worksafe highlight some serious farm safety concerns, particularly in regards to tractors: WorkSafe Victoria inspectors have issued more than 200 safety improvement notices in the first three months of a statewide farm safety campaign. More than half of these notices were issued for safety around [...]

Qld Pool Safety Inspections

Watch this space as Queensland gears up for the implementation of the new pool safety regulations and pool safety inspection requirements. Here are two recent articles: New Queensland pool safety laws to start December 1 2010 Minister for Infrastructure and Planning The Honourable Stirling Hinchliffe 20/10/2010 New pool safety laws to start December 1 The [...]

OHS Law Harmonisation

The Safety Show updates employers in the wake of harmonisation turmoil In the wake of NSW’s announcement that it will withdraw from OHS law harmonisation, The Safety Show and Sydney Materials Handling will provide much-needed clarification for employers when they run from October 28 to 28. NSW premier, Kristina Keneally, says the state will go [...]

Product Safety Recalls

The Product Safety Australia website recently went live. It was developed by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission in collaboration with the state fair trading and products regulators. The Safety Recalls Australia Website provides up to date details on product recalls for all products sold in Australia. This includes electrical goods, agricultural products, fashion, clothing, [...]

Media Release – WA Safety Show Success

The WA Safety Show draws employers hungry for safety answers Western Australia’s employers turned out in force to learn about new legislation and uncover solutions to workplace safety challenges at the WA Safety Show last week. The state’s largest workplace safety trade show, it hosted 150 safety and materials handling suppliers and ran concurrently with [...]

WA Safety Show Starts Today

Safety Equipment

Western Australia’s largest workplace safety trade show, the WA Safety Show, will offer free OSH law workshops and thousands of practical safety solutions when it runs from Tuesday 24 to Thursday 26 August. Held every two years, the show will host more than 150 safety and materials handling specialists offering everything from first aid supplies [...]

National Work Health and Safety Act

Safety Legislation

Large shifts under the new national model Work Health and Safety Act demand immediate action from employers, prominent OHS lawyer Michael Tooma will tell The Safety Conference. The Norton Rose partner will warn delegates at the Safety Institute’s October 26 to 28 conference that company officers will be expected to “do much more and take [...]

OSH harmonisation workshops at WA Safety Show to lessen fears

Safety Legislation

“We are going to challenge the fear campaign surrounding the new harmonised OSH legislation,” says Anne Bellamy of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry WA (CCIWA). “Persons conducting a business or undertaking do need to understand the new duties and other requirements of the legislation but it will be manageable.” The CCIWA will hold workshops [...]

Dealing with Radioactive Gauges

Dealing with radioactive gauges Fear of exposure and complex compliance regimes may make radiation daunting but the radioactive gauges used by industry and mining to measure density can be managed safely and efficiently, according to a WA Safety Show exhibitor. One of the few companies licensed to manage radioactive devices in Australia, Radiation Safety Services [...]

Latest Safety News

Victoria’s first reckless endangerment conviction for company A drilling company and its director found responsible for the death of a 21-year-old truck driver have been fined more than $800,000. The prosecution is the first a Victorian company has been prosecuted for reckless endangerment. Read more Watch the video Alert – Router incident WorkSafe has reissued an [...]

New Safety Products

Donaldson dust containment and collection solutions for beverage manufacturers DONALDSON Australasia says it can quickly engineer and install OH&S solutions for beverage manufacturing facilities. Donaldson Australasia PowerCore TG dust collectors for safer metal working DONALDSON Australasia has released the PowerCore TG dust collector series with a footprint said to be up to 65% smaller than [...]

Worksafe News

Company guilty for death A drilling company has become the first in Victoria to be prosecuted for reckless endangerment after an employee was killed while driving a truck with defective brakes down a steep slope. Read more Dangerous goods transport requirements for licensed drivers WorkSafe has released an overview of key requirements for licensed dangerous [...]

Drinking on the Job

250 Carlsberg workers have walked off their jobs to protest the Danish brewer’s new limits on beer drinking at work. Since the brewer opened its doors in 1847, workers have been allowed to drink on the job as much as they wanted, so long as they didn’t get drunk. The policy has worked for the [...]

Darwin Awards

In honor of Charles Darwin, the Darwin Awards commemorate those who improve our gene pool…by accidentally removing themselves from it. By necessity, the award is generally bestowed posthumously. Nearly 400 Darwin Awards are linked below. You might want to simply hit the “random” button on each page (top right) or start with these Classic Darwin Awards: [...]

Latest Safety News

FOR TODAY’S NEWS CLICK HERE Latest News from SafeToWork Fines for repeated mistakes in training and machinery guarding WORKSAFE Victoria says it has prosecuted two abattoirs and their contract cleaning companies after two cleaners suffered debilitating arm injuries. AIHW releases report on health risk factors and work patterns THE AUSTRALIAN Institute of Health and Welfare [...]

Safety Alert – Safety Switches

Electrical Safety

View the alert online Electricity safety regulator, Energy Safe Victoria (ESV), has issued this “Safety Alert” to warn the community – householders and business operators – of the importance of installing safety switches in premises and ensuring that all electrical equipment is in good condition and not damaged in any way. The “Alert” has been [...]