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Transport, Storage & Trade

More than 68,000 Victorian workplaces fall within the industry areas of storage, transport, wholesale, trade and retail industries.

Apart from information below, you should check WorkSafe's Transport; Road Transport Storage and Warehousing and Stevedoring industry webpages. You can also subscribe to a free e-journal produced by the program Supply Links
 
The ASCC has produced a profile of the industry nationally [pdf] detailing numbers of workers, claims and fatalities.

 

FAQs

   

Hazard

  • Vibration
    Many types of machinery and equipment generate intense vibration - a hazard to workers.
    [read more]
  • Noise
    Noise: one of the most widespread workplace hazards.
    [read more]
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  • Sprains and strains
    Sprains and strains are the most common injuries suffered by workers across all workplaces, and in all industries. [read more]
   

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