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CFMMEU: WE'LL BAN IT IF GOVERNMENTS DON’T ACT
Posted on 30 November 2022
The construction and general division of the CFMMEU will impose a ban on importing manufactured stone products linked to silicosis, if federal and state governments...
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HAZARDOUS MANUAL HANDLING RENDERS WORKER UNCONCIOUS: A CASE STUDY
Posted on 23 November 2022
Recently, a worker from a high-rise apartment construction site suffered a head injury, sustained from hazardous manual handling, leaving them unconscious and hospitalised after being...
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DON'T LET THE HOLIDAY RUSH LEAD TO TRAGEDY
Posted on 23 November 2022
WorkSafe are reminding those in Victorian workplaces to slow down as the year’s end fast approaches.
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‘HOW TO LIFT TRAINING’ DOES NOT REDUCE RISK
Posted on 16 November 2022
The Heads of Workplace Safety Authorities Musculoskeletal Disorders national working group has released a position paper reminding employers they must, so far as is reasonably...
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CONFINED SPACE ROBOT WINS WORKSAFE AWARD
Posted on 10 November 2022
CONFINED-SPACE ROBOT WINS WORKSAFE AWARD IN WA A company that developed an autonomous robotic crawler, known as Magneto-EX, to perform inspection and maintenance tasks in...
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Pandemic orders expire
Posted on 26 October 2022
PANDEMIC ORDERS EXPIRE
Pandemic orders affecting most workpalces expired on 12 October.
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NEW SILICA IN ENGINEERED STONE COMPLIANCE CODE
Posted on 26 October 2022
Minister for Workplace Safety, Ingrid Stitt, has made the Managing Exposure to Crystalline Silica: Engineered Stone Compliance Code which will come into effect on...
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WORKSAFE CAMPAIGN - OVERHEAD POWERLINES
Posted on 19 October 2022
WORKSAFE CAMPAIGN - OVERHEAD POWERLINES WorkSafe is issuing a safety alert about overhead powerlines on farms due to several incidents that have occurred across Victoria...
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