Research aimed at protecting midwives from work overload, training for care workers in burnout resilience and the upgrading of a toolkit to help employers identify gaps in their WHS systems…

A South Australian construction and civil engineering company has been fined $75,000 after a worker’s leg was crushed when a trench collapsed at an Adelaide Hills building site. A SafeWork…

A civil engineering company in Victoria will spend more than $560,000 to improve health and safety outcomes after a labour hire worker’s hand was amputated in a concrete pump mixer.…

A fine imposed on an indoor trampolining company in Victoria after a child fell four metres from a climbing wall has been more than tripled to $40,000 following an appeal.…

A man who fraudulently claimed $68,502 in workers’ compensation while continuing to earn money through his car detailing business has been convicted and ordered to repay the amount. Amin Dreik,…

SafeWork NSW recently issued a safety alert following several recent incidents in which culturally and linguistically diverse workers (CALD workers) sustained serious injury. “Every worker requires support to work to…

SafeWork SA recently issued a safety alert warning businesses and workers about the dangers of operating augers following the death of a worker at a property south of Adelaide. SafeWork…

Workplace Health and Safety Queensland recently issued a safety alert reminding duty holders of the need to prepare and follow detailed lifting procedures, especially when using synthetic lifting slings, slings…

A multifaceted approach that incorporates workplace sexual harassment (WSH) policies is most effective in preventing and addressing workplace sexual harassment, according to Comcare. A review of 14 studies on the effectiveness of…

The growing use of collaborative robots in the workplace may pose significant psychosocial risks to workers’ mental health and their job security, but there are ways for organisations to smooth…