16 May 2024 A snap inspection of portable toilets on residential construction sites has found most were unclean, unhygienic or lacked basic amenities – turning them into no-go zones for…
Revisit this page for updates and factsheets about the ban and what it means for South Australians. A national ban on the use of new engineered stone benchtops, panels and…
Farrell V Combe Pearson Reynolds Pty Ltd 22/05/2024 Two engineering firms are the first in South Australia to be successfully prosecuted over an unsafe structural design, which led to two…
Two related construction companies have been convicted and fined a total of $250,000 over a dangerous concrete blowout during work on the Melbourne Metro Rail Project. Adcon Vic and Adcon…
A scrap metal recycler in Tottenham Victoria was recently fined $40,000 after a contractor’s arm was caught in a machine that had guarding removed. Manhari International was sentenced in the…
Orica Australia was recently fined $1.2 million in the District Court of NSW after two workers were exposed over a number of years to cobalt dust, a known respiratory sensitising…
A joint WorkSafe Victoria/SafeWork NSW safety blitz in Albury and Wodonga has identified fall risks and raised the profile of work-related mental health hazards at construction sites on both sides…
SafeWork SA recently issued a safety alert following a recent near miss that highlighted the dangers of using unsecured lifting jibs on forklifts. A worker narrowly escaped being hit by…
WorkSafe Victoria recently issued a safety alert about the risks of using hardened steel tools on hardened steel following an incident in which a worker was injured when a hardened…
SafeWork SA recently announced that it will conduct a safety audit of gin and whisky distilleries across the state to reduce risks to workers and the public. A dramatic rise…