SafetyNet 510

Welcome to a special, shorter edition of our SafetyNet journal on Wednesday Octgober 30 - the day after our annual HSR Conference, and also the day after the Victorian Government introduced the Industrial Manslaughter Bill into parliament.

Tragically, on this same day, another Victorian worker was killed at work, and there was also a fatality involving a cement truck on Monday, bringing the number of fatalities this year to 27.

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