This information sheet provides persons conducting a business or undertaking (PCBUs) information on fire danger ratings and warnings and how they can be used in their risk assessment for bushfires.…
Welcome to the interactive Safe Work Method Statement (SWMS) guidance tool This tool is for: people responsible for preparing and using a Safe Work Method Statement (SWMS) for high risk construction…
A company in South Australia was recently sentenced and fined $60,000 over an incident in which a worker was seriously injured while operating a capacitor discharge welder. The machine, which…
An adventure park operator has been convicted and fined a total of $110,000 for failing to ensure the safety of school students visiting a camp at Trafalgar in Victoria. The…
A recycler and waste management company has committed to spend $295,000 to improve safety outcomes after a worker fell four metres through a steel grate at the company’s West Melbourne…
Two companies involved with the development of the Gawler Rail Electrification Project in Adelaide’s north have agreed to spend more than $480,000 on safety improvements following an incident in which…
NT WorkSafe has issued a safety alert highlighting the risk of serious injury or death when using a forklift, especially when exclusion zones are not maintained around operating forklifts. The…
Work Health and Safety Ministers have agreed to an immediate reduction to the workplace exposure standard for welding fumes (not otherwise classified) has been reduced from an 8-hour time weighted…
Safe Work Australia has published a new model code of practice which is designed to help persons conducting a business or undertaking (PCBUs) meet their WHS duties by providing guidance…
Same-level falls in the workplace are set to rise amid rapid growth in the numbers of older female employees in the workforce, according to recent research. It found that although…