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New electrical safety laws - protecting workers and the community
The Electrical Safety and Other Legislation Amendment Regulation 2024 (ESOLA Regulation) gives effect to further recommendations from the Review of Queensland’s Electrical Safety Act 2002.
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Queenslanders need to work safely 365 days a year
Workplaces across Queensland are encouraged to take part in National Safe Work Month this October to help save lives and reduce the cost of work-related injury and illness.
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New regulation on processing crystalline silica substances in effect (1 September 2024)
As part of a national approach, new stronger regulation for businesses to manage the potential hazard when processing crystalline silica substances is now in effect (1 September 2024).
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Court orders $400,000 fine after a fatality at a sporting complex
A Queensland company has been ordered to pay a $400,000 fine and a conviction recorded against them after the death of a voluntary ground official when a scaffold tower fell on him at a Mitchelton Sports complex on the 25th July 2021.
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Safety a priority for the diving and snorkelling industry
The Queensland Government is updating the Safety in Recreational Water Activities Regulation (Regulation) and the Recreational Diving, Recreational Technical Diving and Snorkelling Code of Practice (Code of Practice) to maintain high safety standards for Queensland’s important snorkelling and diving industry.
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Workplace health and safety laws now apply to sex industry workers
Following the decriminalisation of sex work in Queensland, all sex workers and sex work businesses will be covered by work health and safety legislation. This improves sex workers’ rights, safety and working conditions.
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Compliance blitz targets construction industry
Workplace Health and Safety Queensland (WHSQ) has begun a state-wide compliance blitz to reduce serious workplace incidents in Queensland’s high risk construction industry.
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Ban on engineered stone in effect (1 July 2024)
Following the agreement of a national ban of engineered stone in December 2023, Workplace Health and Safety Queensland (WHSQ) advises the ban is now in effect (July 1, 2024).
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New safety laws for quad bikes
New laws to protect the health and safety of workers while operating or being a passenger on a quad bike in a workplace have commenced in Queensland.
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Company fined $150,000 for failing to adhere to electrical safety regulations
A significant sentence was handed down in the Cleveland Magistrates Court, following an incident where a worker was electrocuted due to a company's failure to adhere to safety duties.