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How to set up your business so you comply with Queensland’s health and safety laws.
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Getting back to workThe steps involved in starting your recovery and getting you back to work.
Guide to health and safety lawsAn overview of the laws, how they fit together and what they require of employers and workers.
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Quad bikes are Queensland farming’s biggest killer
More than 50 Queenslanders have been killed using quad bikes since 2011. Be a safer quad bike rider by following five simple steps: always wear a helmet, kids on kids’ bikes, don’t double, don’t overload, quad bike training.
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Ambassadors
Our safety ambassadors share their stories and increase awareness of the importance of mentally healthy workplaces and work health and safety.
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Queensland’s engineered stone campaign culminates in national ban
Queensland’s longstanding campaign to ban the use of engineered stone has culminated in a national ban on the dangerous product,
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Construction sites urged to prepare for wild weather and summer shutdown
With the Bureau of Meteorology predicting severe weather driven by El Nino this summer, construction businesses across Queensland are encour...
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Piling contractor fined $40,000 after pressure explosion on Western Downs
A company pleaded guilty and was ordered to pay $40,000 after exploding aerosol cans caused a metal bar to strike and injure a worker on a p...
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Worker seriously injured by falling scaffold plank
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Worker received electric shock when plant contacted overhead powerlines
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Patron injured falling from amusement ride
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