New South Wales 2nd Largest Safety Fine

  Construction company receives 2nd largest safety fine in NSW history 12 May, 2016 A Sydney construction company and its director have received the second largest work health and safety fine in NSW history following the death of a bricklayer on a Hurstville construction site in 2014. Rom ...
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One Very Lucky Man

        'Trapped by cheese' worker freed after warehouse collapse 6 May 2016 A worker trapped under a "huge amount" of cheese after metal shelving inside a food distribution warehouse collapsed has been freed. Forklift driver Tomasz Wiszniewski walked out of the ...
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International Workers Memorial Day

  A ceremony to mark International Workers Memorial Day was held at the Victorian Trades Hall in Carlton on Thursday morning. During the event, WorkSafe Victoria paid tribute to 24 Victorians who lost their lives in workplace incidents over the past year. WorkSafe Chief Executive Clare Amie ...
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Worksafe are out and about inspecting

  WorkSafe WA says inspectors, who visited construction sites in the Perth CBD and surrounding suburbs east and west of the city earlier this month found a high level of compliance with workplace safety laws. WorkSafe Director Chris Kirwin said the inspectors were satisfied with ...
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Shift Worker tiredness could lead to this

     Shift work is often associated with fatigue and other health and safety issues. In Australia, there are about 1.4 million shift workers. Many shift workers in the country experience impaired alertness due to lack of sleep and disruption of the normal body cloc ...
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