You know the drill, clean up that spill
A new SafeWork SA campaign targeting slip and trip hazards aims to raise awareness about how to keep South Australians safe at work.
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Safety
Case Study: Employee Organisations and Psychosocial Hazards
We are increasingly seeing employers in industries with heavy union saturation complain of the psychosocial hazards that can result from antisocial and belligerent union behaviour. Those hazards need to be identified and managed like other hazards in the workplace.
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Take the strain out of manual handling
WorkSafe is helping Victorian employers to lift safety standards and reduce preventable injuries by offering free online workshops focused on hazardous manual handling.
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Keeping Victorian Farmers Safe
Every farmer deserves to come home safely at the end of the day – and a safer farm is a stronger business.
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Extreme heat is killing workers: Unions urge national rules to save lives
Australian Unions are calling for new national safety rules that require employers to stop work or modify duties when temperatures reach dangerous levels, warning that increasingly frequent heatwaves driven by climate change now pose a major workplace health and safety threat.
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Message from the Chief Executive Officer, Safe Work Australia – Marie Boland
I am delighted to introduce the first edition of Safe Work Australia’s new publication, Evidence Matters. Evidence certainly does matter, particularly when we are talking about improving workplace safety.
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Vehicle hoist anchor failure
Purpose
The purpose of this safety alert is to report on a vehicle hoist failure and to provide guidance on the installation and maintenance of post-installed anchors, used to anchor vehicle hoists onto concrete slabs.
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New Rules for Delivery Workers
Across Australia, delivery work has become part of everyday life. Whether it’s a pizza, a parcel, or the weekly grocery run, thousands of riders and drivers keep things moving.
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Company fined after worker mows down colleague
An asphalt company has been fined $80,000 after an employee died when he was run over by a colleague driving a skid steer loader at the workplace, after hours.
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Curiosity may kill the cat, but is indispensable for workplace health and safety
“Curiosity killed the cat” is a proverb “used to warn of the dangers of unnecessary investigation or experimentation” (Wikipedia) or is an idiom “said to warn someone not to ask too many questions about something” (Cambridge online dictionary). Yet for the modern officer, curiosity is a must, as it aligns with their personal WHS due diligence obligation.
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Workplace Tragedy Does Not Discriminate
While transport, construction and agriculture were the deadliest sectors in 2024, workplace fatalities were spread across more than half of all industries and involved dozens of occupations.
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Minns Labor Government to establish SafeWork NSW as a standalone regulator
The NSW Minns Labor Government will continue its mission to ensure workers have strong laws and a tough regulator on the beat by introducing a bill into the NSW Parliament to establish SafeWork NSW as a standalone regulator.
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Without warning – pilot incapacitation
The poets and philosophers are right: life is fragile, so take care of yourself. This particularly applies to pilots who hold the lives of others literally in their hands.
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WorkSafe is reminding employers about controlling risks associated with using ozone generating machines.
A laundry within an aged care facility uses an ozone generator to clean clothes and sheets in cold water, killing bacteria and viruses.
Employers cop $13.3 million for safety breaches in 2024
Victorian employers faced serious legal and financial consequences for putting workers at risk last year, with WorkSafe completing 119 successful health and safety prosecutions and enforceable undertakings.
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