Regulator News

FILTER BY:
SILICA NEWS: ENGINEERED STONE COMPLIANCE CODE NOW IN EFFECT

Posted on 30 November 2022

Minister for Workplace Safety, Ingrid Stitt, has approved the making of the Managing Exposure to Crystalline Silica: Engineered Stone Compliance Code, and it subsequently came...
Read more
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...
Read more
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...
Read more
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.
Read more
‘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...
Read more
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...
Read more
Pandemic orders expire

Posted on 26 October 2022

PANDEMIC ORDERS EXPIRE Pandemic orders affecting most workpalces expired on 12 October.
Read more
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...
Read more
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...
Read more