Fall protection training is crucial for any worker who performs work at height. Without the proper training, workers may not realise the severe consequences of a fall—serious injury or even death.
31/10/2011 |
WorkSafe issued a reminder to workers engaged in high risk work that they need to obtain a current licence by the 30 June 2011.
21/06/2011 |
Fall protection specialists, Capital Safety Group, acquires Single Rope Technique Equipment (SRTE), an Australian rescue equipment supply business.
17/03/2011 |
CAPITAL Safety has relocated its Australian and New Zealand head office operations to new premises to cater for its growth.
28/06/2010 |
FLOORING company Getts has pleased guilty and was fined $4000 for failing to provide edge protection on a building site, after a sub-contractor fell 2.4m.
15/06/2010 |
WORKCOVER NSW has issued a safety alert about the use of portable ladders after two incidents where painters fell from ladders.
27/05/2010 |
REDLINE Towing and Salvage has been convicted and fined in the Melbourne County Court, after a worker was crushed while loading equipment onto the trailer of a truck.
03/05/2010 |
WA’s Commission for Occupational Safety and Health is calling for public comment on a proposed guidance note on preventing falls from height in the agricultural sector.
28/04/2010 |
A CONSTRUCTION company has been fined $15,000 for failing to adequately cover an opening after a worker fell more than three metres through a gap in a third storey floor.
11/01/2010 |
BUILDING company Generation Homes has been fined $6,500 for failing to provide edge protection on one of its building sites.
09/12/2009 |
CAPITAL Safety Australia has released the ExoFit XP Flotation safety harness with in-built personal flotation device.
02/12/2009 |
MILLER by Sperian has won an award for its Twin Turbo Fall Protection System at the National Safety Council Congress and Expo in America.
25/11/2009 |
WORKSAFE has issued an alert to inform people of the risk of injury when loading and unloading elevated work platforms (EWPs) onto and off tilt tray trucks.
23/11/2009 |
SAFEWORK SA says an Adelaide carpentry and joinery contractor has been convicted and fined over a workplace fall which left an employee permanently incapacitated.
20/11/2009 |
NT WorkSafe says it is proposing to adopt two National Codes of Practice under the Northern Territory Workplace Health and Safety Regulations.
17/11/2009 |
CAPITAL SAFETY has announced the establishment of a warehouse for improved inventory support for its New Zealand customer base.
12/11/2009 |
CAPITAL Safety Australia has launched its Wind Energy Fall Protection Solutions Range, featuring ExoFit XP Wind Energy Harness and Force2 Wind Energy Rescue Lanyard.
30/10/2009 |
ONESTEEL Reinforcing claims its new guidelines are seeing significant improvements in safe handling practices.
29/10/2009 |
CAPITAL Safety has released the new DBI-SALA Anchor on the Go temporary fall protection roof anchor for metal roofs.
26/10/2009 |
SAFEWORK SA says it is providing information sessions on updates to the national licensing system for operators of high risk plant.
23/10/2009 |