Safety classification update for chemical substances
SafeWork SA is reminding businesses manufacturing and importing hazardous chemicals to only use GHS 7 to classify, label and prepare safety data sheets. Since 1 January 2023, South Australia has…
School fined $420k following tragic death of student
13 July 2023 A private college in Adelaide has been fined $420,000 after one of its students drowned during a school excursion. A SafeWork SA investigation found that Pinnacle College…
Take an active role in your industry’s workplace health and wellbeing
20 July 2023 SafeWork SA is throwing its support behind a new grant program that will enhance industry-led healthy workplace initiatives. The Intervention Grants Program is offering one-off grants from…
Juice company convicted following serious injury to young workers
Glenn Farrell v Nippy's Waikerie Producers Pty Ltd 12/07/2023 A Riverland juice company has been fined $120,000 after a young worker lost their hair and scalp in a workplace incident.…
SA to introduce laws to criminalise industrial manslaughter
The Labor Government will this week introduce new laws to make industrial manslaughter a criminal offence in South Australia. Under the Work Health and Safety (Industrial Manslaughter) Amendment Bill, individuals can…
Work Health and Safety (Industrial Manslaughter) Amendment Bill 2022
10/05/2023 The South Australian Government is considering feedback on its draft Work Health and Safety (Industrial Manslaughter) Amendment Bill following a period of public consultation. The public consultation is now…
Psychosocial harm in the workplace on the rise
Date: Tuesday, 20 June, 2023 - 12:30 Category: Industry news Location: New South Wales There are increasingly high levels of psychosocial harm in the workplace, according to a recent survey…
Legislation tabled for National Occupational Respiratory Disease Registry
The Federal Government recently introduced legislation that aims to capture, record and share the causes of deadly occupational respiratory diseases like silicosis. If passed into law, the National Occupational Respiratory Disease…
One in four govt workers comp payments for psychological issues
The Commonwealth government's workers compensation scheme is being effectively managed, an audit has found. The authority that provides workers compensation for more than 190,000 Commonwealth government employees paid out $196.2…
Australia has completed the transition to GHS 7
Adoption of GHS 7 Since 1 January 2023, the 7th revised edition of the GHS (GHS 7) must be used to classify and label hazardous chemicals in Australia. During 2021 and 2022, Australia transitioned…