NSW Government agencies should prepare for greater scrutiny by SafeWork NSW if proposed changes to work health and safety (WHS) notification requirements are introduced, particularly those concerning workplace violent incidents and extended absences associated with work-related psychological injury or illness.
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A shopping centre in Melbourne’s south-east has been convicted and fined $60,000 after a worker was seriously injured in a forklift incident. Owners Corporation PS:423637R, trading as Springvale Shopping Centre, was sentenced in the Dandenong Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday after being found guilty of a single charge of failing to ensure a workplace under its
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An electrical company has been convicted and fined a total of $70,000 after putting workers at risk of a near six-metre fall at a Dandenong building site.
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WorkSafe has charged a scrap recycling business after a worker was seriously injured in an explosion at Dandenong South.
Scrap recycling business charged after explosion Read More »
A raccoon broke into a liquor store in Ashland, Virginia, smashed several bottles and apparently drank some of the spilled alcohol.
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Firefighters have warned not to use toasters on their side to make cheese on toast after a fire at a student accommodation block on Avery Hill Road in Avery Hill.
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A group of construction companies have been convicted and fined a total of $100,200 for failing to address risks from falls after a worker fell more than three metres through a skylight void.
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A truck driver who continued to work while receiving compensation for a work-related injury has been ordered to pay back more than $200,000.
Truck driver to repay $200,000 for compensation fraud Read More »
The Department of Education has been convicted and fined $150,000 after a student had three fingers severed during a jewellery design class at Beechworth Secondary College.
$150,000 fine after student’s fingers severed by guillotine Read More »
A solar installation company has been convicted and fined a total of $100,000 after repeatedly failing to address the risks of falls at four residential homes in Victoria.
Solar company fined $100,000 for repeated falls from heights offences Read More »
WorkSafe has charged a department store chain and a warehouse robotics supplier following the death of a worker at a Ravenhall distribution centre in September 2024.
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Psychosocial hazards have become a central feature of modern WHS compliance, but they do not fit neatly within traditional ideas of workplace risk. Unlike physical hazards, they are often relational, cumulative and highly dependent on context, making them difficult to identify, assess and control in a practical way.
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Regulators are shining a light on Victoria’s solar sector, reminding employers there is no excuse for putting workers at risk of deadly falls.
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A plumbing company and a hire equipment provider have been convicted and fined a total of $630,000 after a worker died while operating an elevated work platform at a North Blackburn construction site.
Two companies fined $630,000 after worker’s death Read More »
A chemical manufacturing company has been fined $40,000 for failing to safely store dangerous goods at its Coolaroo facility, after WorkSafe inspectors issued an improved notice.
$40,000 in fines for company that failed to comply with improvement notice Read More »
