THE AUSTRALIAN Logistics Council (ALC) has launched its National Logistics Safety Code (NLSC), an industry-led code which sets out the responsibilities for players in the convoluted logistics safety environment.
03/04/2009
THE AUSTRALIAN Council of Trade Unions (ACTU) says job fears and higher workloads have led to an epidemic of unpaid overtime.
19/11/2009
STOWE Australia has been fined $190,000 after being found guilty for the electrocution death of a worker at a Marrickville telephone exchange.
08/07/2008
LIQUID Learning is holding its second Annual Contractor Safety Alignment Conference in Melbourne on 17 and 18 September 2008.
25/08/2008
SAFEWORK SA is currently hosting a delegation from Hong Kong on a study tour focusing on construction safety.
04/08/2009
DELTA Ohm, distributed in Australia by W & B Instruments, has released the HD45/6 series of air quality monitors for indoor use.
14/12/2009
THE ACT Government will establish WorkSafe ACT, and employ five staff to help in overhauling occupational health and safety regulation in the territory.
05/05/2010
A MELBOURNE University study shows almost one in six cases of depression among working Victorians were caused by job stress.
02/06/2008
THE HEAD contractor and subcontractor at Rhodes Corporate Park construction site have been fined a total of $343,500 for an incident where a 19 year old fell 15m on the site.
05/01/2009
WORKSAFE Victoria says workplace safety conditions have not improved much since the industrial revolution, as it investigates a horrific accident at Tullamarine.
20/02/2009
INCO Ships has pleaded guilty to failing to take reasonable steps to protect the health and safety of an employee, after a 2007 incident which saw a worker lose his arm.
03/03/2009
SAFE Work Australia members took part in a full-day strategic planning workshop on 18 February 2010.
22/02/2010
PAPER Australia has been fined $230,000 following the death of a 31-year-old husband and father at its Maryvale mill in May 2005.
27/08/2008
AUTOMOTIVE carpet maker MCK Pacific has been fined $40,500 after two workers were injured by the same machine in separate but identical incidents.
15/09/2008
THE ORGANISERS of the Queensland Safety Show say three of Queensland’s industry associations have thrown their support behind the safety event.
24/04/2009
SAFEWORK SA has provided more details on the two South Australian winners of the National Safe Work Australia Awards.
30/04/2009
WORKSAFE Victoria says the State Emergency Service (SES) has been ordered to carry out a state-wide safety review and improve its operations as part of a penalty ordered by a Mildura Magistrate.
01/12/2009
WORKSAFE Victoria claims failing to ensure a tradesman was aware of the presence of asbestos has cost the Education Department $10,000 as well as being ordered to pay costs of $3,500.
20/01/2010
WORKPLACE Standards Tasmania has issued a safety alert regarding the use of work boxes on industrial forklift trucks.
21/10/2009
A NEW method of testing for cyanides in gold processing is providing new levels of effectiveness and has seen Australia’s first mine that is able to comply with the International Cyanide Management Code (ICMC).
12/03/2009