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- Rogue electrician shut down in Townsville
- Worker receives suspended sentence after felling apprentice with concrete block in Richlands
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- Educational resource company fined after forklift incident
- Company fined after debris from a crane fell on worker
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- Boat builder fined $140,000 over workplace injuries
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- Fertilizer company fined $250,000 over worker crush fatality
- Steel fabrication company fined after incident involving an apprentice
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- Colleagues and loved ones remembered on Workers’ Memorial Day
- Primary school students urged to do their bit for farm safety
- Company director jailed after worker impaled
- Council fined $75,000 after mower projectile hits school bus driver
- First individual convicted for industrial manslaughter
- Sole director and his company cop huge fines for unlicensed electrical work
- Gold Coast property management company fined $60,000 for fall from heights
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- Handyman fined after using wrecking bar to remove asbestos
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- 2021
- New films urge rural Queenslanders to be safe around electricity
- Mushroom farm fined $130,000 for workplace incident
- Shane Webcke gets serious about work safety
- Former nurse tells how her neighbour’s life was in her hands
- Kids and quad bikes - ride safe over the school holidays
- Unlicensed electrical contractor fined $16,000
- Care worker fined $15,000 over pain and injury to vulnerable patient
- $5m medical research grant for dust lung disease
- Employer fined $5000 for not reporting workplace injury
- Company fined $50,000 after young worker’s hand caught in Hippo mixer
- Disgraceful disregard for safety in asbestos work safety fine
- Dismounting from moving tractor causes death at North Queensland farm
- Court backs electrical regulator decision on unlicensed operator
- Gold Coast jumping castle business fined $50,000 after two workers suffered serious burns
- People at Work tool launched across Australia
- Company and director both fined for putting public at risk
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- Tingalpa construction given hefty fine for unsafe work practices
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- 2022
- Worker sustained fatal injuries from tractor rollover
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- Incidents involving contact with overhead powerlines
- 2021
- Worker burned following chemical explosion
- Overhead powerline incidents
- Fall from construction site scaffold
- Worker dies after being struck by mobile crane
- Scaffold related incident
- Use of high-pressure water spray equipment on asbestos roofs
- Worker falls from elevating work platform
- Truck driver exposed to phosphine gas
- Worker killed by piece of metal ejected from unguarded angle grinder
- Worker seriously injured in construction site fall
- Worker suffers electric shock forming concrete slab
- Mobile crane rollover at residential construction site
- Contractor seriously injured by wetting auger
- Skid steer loader incidents
- Worker seriously injured after fall from roof
- Workers struck by mobile plant
- Forklift operator seriously injured by falling pallet
- Arc flash incidents
- Water truck operator killed after being thrown from cab
- Tractor incidents
- Worker killed in industrial shredding machine incident
- Person falls from tank
- Worker fatally injured attempting to jump start a tractor
- Worker falls from forklift
- Worker killed by falling branch while felling trees
- Worker seriously injured in fall from roof
- Falling object from tower crane
- One worker killed and six injured when powerline arced to harvester
- Worker fatally crushed after being hit by moving vehicle
- Worker seriously injured by wood chipper disk
- Safety at swimming pools
- 2020
- Falling building materials
- Fatal quad bike incidents involving farm workers
- Worker struck by moving truck
- Falls from height result in serious injuries
- Workers caught in conveyor belt system
- Snorkelling fatality
- Patron injured falling from amusement ride
- Worker injured in side-by-side vehicle rollover
- Horse training fatality
- Dead trees and working solo remotely are a dangerous mix
- Fall from earthmoving machinery
- Farm worker dies in quad bike incident
- Serious injuries – falling hay bale
- Roof falls
- Worker struck by grader
- Falling tree fatality
- Horse handling fatality
- Falls from work platforms
- Worker killed in conveyor crush
- Young worker injured by lifting hook
- Worker injured in quad bike incident
- Crush incidents when loading/unloading
- Worker seriously crushed by frontend loader
- Dangers of not effectively immobilising vehicles
- Worker seriously injured by noodle making machine
- Worker’s arm crushed by excavator
- Worker seriously injured falling from trailer
- Two workers injured by tractor slasher
- Serious injuries following fall from yacht
- Worker injured after angle grinder ‘kick back’
- Worker seriously injured after fall from roof
- 2019
- Fatal forklift incidents
- Fatal falls on work sites
- Formworkers suffer heat stress
- Worker injured by collapsed roof
- Fatal fall at tourist attraction
- Worker burned in fuel explosion
- Incident at Public Swimming Pool
- Worker fatally trapped in conveyor
- Worker injured on construction site
- Student burned in science experiment
- Worker killed after tyre explosion
- Worker fatally crushed by steel pipe
- Crane contacts overhead powerlines
- Farmer fatally injured by fallen hay bale
- Worker struck by building materials
- Workers injured in trench collapse
- Worker fatally crushed by planting machine
- Young worker injured by exploding tyre rim
- Worker burned by hot cane mud and liquid
- Operator severely injured by skidder winch
- School student injured by storage box lid
- Worker’s legs crushed by reversing forklift
- Person seriously injured by falling boat
- Worker's foot amputated in feeder bin trailer
- Two people electrocuted on a rural property
- Worker fatally crushed by skid steer loader
- Automotive mechanic struck by vehicle parts
- Abattoir worker fatally crushed by machinery
- Worker injured by overhead travelling crane
- Worker seriously burned in vehicle gas tank fire
- Audience members injured at horse racing event
- Worker severely injured by agricultural machine
- Worker injured by falling piling rig component
- High pressure water blaster used on asbestos roof
- High-pressure water blaster used on asbestos roof
- Young worker seriously injured by meat slicing machine
- Agricultural industry mobile plant roll-over incidents
- Fatal fall from height while working on air conditioning system
- 2017
- Worker run over by forklift
- Worker killed on cane rail siding
- Worker’s skull fractured by tree branch
- Worker burnt in fuel vapour explosion
- Worker killed by exploding wheel and tyre
- Serious falls from height at the Gold Coast
- Agriculture mobile plant roll-over fatalities
- Worker killed after being pinned by mobile plant
- Worker struck in head by portable hydraulic jack
- Child injured after jumping castle became airborne
- Worker fatally crushed by elevating work platform
- Billboard workers overhead powerlines electric shock
- Serious spine injury for farm worker in 4WD rollover
- Worker fatally crushed while unloading forklift from a trailer
- Two workers seriously burned after contact with high-voltage powerlines
- 2018
- Excavated wall collapse
- Worker crushed by hoist
- Tower crane strikes powerlines
- Worker killed in skylight fall
- Young worker injured by nail gun
- Fall from edge protection system
- Worker fatally crushed by grader
- Worker injured in wall collapse
- Older tourist snorkelling death
- Worker fell through formwork void
- Worker crushed by slewing crane
- Workers injured by glass sheets
- Father and son drown at beach lagoon
- Vehicle stabilisers and outriggers
- Worker struck by reversing forklift
- Fatal fall from boat in marina yard
- Worker burned in pump room explosion
- Driver fatally crushed by own truck
- Worker burned while lighting furnace
- Automotive mechanic run over by vehicle
- Quad bike fatality while back-burning
- Worker killed by pressurised gas hose
- Two workers burnt in chemical explosion
- Worker killed in fall from grain auger
- Worker fatally crushed by prime mover
- Workers fall through second storey floor
- Primary school student hit by golf buggy
- Scaffold collapses onto neighbouring home
- Workers foot amputated in screw conveyor
- Two workers die inside agriculture tanker
- Worker killed by explosion while welding
- Mobile crane rollover onto four lane road
- Workers hand crushed by mobile piling rig
- High pressure water spray on asbestos roof
- Uncontrolled movement of a concrete truck
- Generator fuel explosion in back of truck
- Audience members injured at stunt car event
- Lift motor falls down shaft injuring workers
- Workers burned by arc flash in switchboards
- Operator thrown and killed in bulldozer rollover
- Workers injured when concrete pipe toppled over
- Worker fatally crushed when forklift tipped over
- Worker fatally crushed by hay bale accumulator
- Worker killed in fall from air-conditioning duct
- Worker fatally run over by tractor he was operating
- Amusement ride gondola dropped during maintenance
- Worker severely injured by failed towing equipment
- Worker impaled by starter bar at construction site
- Tower crane load dropped after hoist rope failure
- Worker crushed by falling sheets of balustrading glass
- Worker’s lower leg amputated as forklift strikes bollard
- Teenager electrocuted by overhead powerlines on rural property
- Worker crushed under his own truck while unloading on a slope
- Worker suffers serious crush injuries in concrete pump hopper
- Worker’s arm partially amputated in quad bike collision with mechanical pruner
- 2022
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- Hazards of using load skates
- Zip line terminations
- Falls from fixed ladders with cages
- Narrow precast wall panel collapse
- Callaghan 37 metre concrete placing booms
- Land-borne inflatable devices becoming airborne
- Elastic spring-back in wear plates on excavator buckets
- Minimise shark bite risks as diving and snorkelling activities peak
- 2018
- Sign collapse
- Precast wall panel failure
- High ropes adventure courses
- Vehicle stabilisers and outriggers
- Uncontrolled starting of amusement devices
- Safe support of overhead services - Insert anchors
- Falling objects from personnel and material hoists
- Q fever risks associated with birthing cats and dogs
- Inflatable water balls - electrical equipment near water
- Immediate action required to prevent exposure to silica for engineered stone benchtop workers
- 2017
- Access hatches
- Roof collapse
- Stability of stacked material
- Single hand operated hock cutters
- Impact protection for LPG cylinders
- Guards and discs on angle grinders
- Enriched air nitrox (EANx) compressor systems
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- 2016
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- Potential for explosion of aluminium alloy oil/water separators fitted to high pressure air compressors
- 2012
- Dive cylinder fill whips
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- Mobile cranes with a free fall feature
- Delivery and unloading of pre-cast panels
- Haulotte elevating work platform failure
- Safe systems of work when using vehicle lifting devices
- Maintaining sufficient clearances when lifting or lowering the crane hook or load close to structures
- 2010
- Inflatable water balls
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- Safe storage and transportation of gas cylinders in vehicles
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- Working around mobile plant during construction of roadworks and related infrastructure
- 2011
- 2009
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- October 2022
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- August 2022
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- June 2022
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- April 2022
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- First individual convicted for industrial manslaughter
- Primary school students urged to do their bit for farm safety
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- Floods highlight need for emergency evacuation plans
- Workers encouraged to get flu shot
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- Investigation highlights asbestos dangers with high pressure cleaners
- Company director jailed after worker impaled
- Emerging technology focus at transport safety network meeting
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- New safety tool for driving at work
- New Q fever case study published
- Changed electrical safety requirements for submersible pumps
- February 2022
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- Ex construction ‘Mate’ takes Work Health and Safety Board chair
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- New guide showcases importance of ergonomic PC set up
- COVID initiatives pay big dividends for smart workplaces
- Time to think of young workers
- December 2021
- New statistics reveal continued fall in workplace fatalities
- NBN and monitored fire alarm and emergency lift phone services
- New guides released on work-related violence
- Harvesting company fined $150,000 for worker amputation
- Mentally Healthy Workplaces online workshops 2022
- Slow down through roadworks over the holidays
- New working in heat guide in time for summer
- Record rain across Queensland – beware mosquito diseases!
- Meat processing campaign
- Butcher and director fined $100,000 over workplace injury
- Transport Safety Network targets emerging technologies
- Safe Work Month presentations still available!
- Case study: Wesley’s systems approach paying health dividends
- October 2021
- Farm safety calendar competition winners announced
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- Nothing ‘Lite n’ Easy’ about health and wellbeing
- National Clean Air. Clear Lungs. campaign underway
- Marginal increase in serious injury claim rate over last four years
- Q fever campaign underway
- New sexual harassment guidance material released
- Transport industry safety network meetings
- Inspectors to target tyre safety risks
- Court issues fines of $245,000 for labour hire breaches
- Systems review improves consultation and safety culture
- Have your say on updates to the Rural Plant Code of Practice
- Prosecution highlights danger for employers without workers’ comp insurance
- August 2021
- Footy legend Shane Webcke gets serious about Safe Work Month
- Tougher quad bike safety standards from October
- Take time to learn about mentally healthy workplaces
- Poor safety culture turned around
- Psychosocial health and safety and bullying in workplaces
- New guidance on online abuse in the workplace
- Workers’ comp policy renewal time – at the lowest average rate for the eighth straight year
- Western Australia’s Water Corporation’s electrical safety app
- First aid kits for work vehicles
- June 2021
- Which injuries and illnesses are notifiable?
- Low density asbestos fibre board now reclassified as friable
- Exclusion zones for work at heights in the event industry
- Fine highlights importance of staying well clear of powerlines
- Healthy eating – what do workplaces have to do with it?
- Rodent carried virus reported for the first time in Queensland
- Understanding safety culture
- Updated workplace traffic management guidance now available
- Musculoskeletal Disorders Symposium 2021 recordings
- How’s our new website looking?
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- April 2021
- Workers who never returned home that day remembered
- Musculoskeletal Disorders Symposium 2021
- Painter’s disgraceful disregard for asbestos safety leads to fine
- Failing to notify serious incidents is an offence
- Time to vaccinate as flu season looms
- Improving ventilation in indoor workplaces
- New online training for safe and healthy work from home
- Book a free visit from Safety Ambassador Shane Webcke
- BeUpstanding program tackles sedentary work
- New workers’ compensation report published
- Q fever – are you managing the risk of exposure?
- More drivers are on the roads - are your workers safe?
- Resource targets safety in poultry processing
- High Risk Work Assessor Portal
- February 2021
- Changes to asbestos regulation
- Codes of practice updated
- New COVID-19 safe work international standard
- Toowoomba Second Range Crossing contractor fined $40,000
- Comparative Performance Monitoring Report released
- Events crewing company gets smart with loading at venues
- Tyre explosions can be deadly
- Systems overhaul promotes work safety and productivity
- Chicken coup for Queensland’s Labour Hire Licensing team as hefty fines get dished out
- North Queensland Injury Prevention and Return to Work Conference
- Australian lyssavirus in Queensland prompts new warning
- Make 2021 a healthy year for your workplace
- Peer Support Week kicks off
- Work fatalities continue to fall in Queensland
- New poultry processing industry campaign report released
- Upcoming virtual transport safety network meeting
- Workplace exposure standards open for public feedback
- December 2020
- Latest work-related fatality statistics show more needs to be done
- Inspectors to target consultation and incident notification
- High risk work licensing for lifts and escalators
- Manage fatigue during Christmas and New Year rush
- Systems thinking for a bigger picture healthy and safe workplace
- Hottest spring on record points to heat stress dangers
- My health for life: healthier workers are safer, more productive
- Risk of electric shock when working with metal pipes
- Act now to stop summer mosquito diseases
- GHS 7 update corrects error potentially impacting business
- Young people starting holiday jobs or embarking on careers need extra attention
- Laundry cleans up as WHS overhaul brings drop in compo claims
- October 2020
- Transport company halves workers’ comp claims
- $800,000 fine over workplace burns fatality in Yatala
- Compensation amendments for first responders with PTSD
- Be upstanding for your physical and mental health
- Hazchem register requirements explained
- Occupational hepatitis risks
- New guide to on-site traffic management
- New guide highlights correct COVID-19 mask protocols
- A Culture of Care: webinars for the health care and social assistance industry
- Working healthily and safely from home
- New COVID case studies highlight work safely for businesses
- August 2020
- Ardent Leisure pleads guilty
- New quad bike safety standard to reduce risks
- Case study: All Access Crewing - managing on-site traffic
- $50,000 fine for Second Range Crossing concrete pump truck tip
- New guidance on managing fatigue
- New Work Health and Safety Board members
- Respirable crystalline silica dust compliance campaign launch
- Participative ergonomics in the health care industry
- Are you at risk of Q fever from mowing?
- Register for Safe Work Month and Mental Health Week events
- Resources safety and health prosecutions now with WHS Prosecutor
- Queensland Government targets unlicensed electrical work
- IPaM can help you develop a safety management system
- Transport Safety Network September 30 online meeting
- Case study – storing and rebottling hand sanitiser
- When did you last test your safety switches?
- June 2020
- Stone benchtop fabricator silica audits to resume
- Identifying and assessing chronic disease workplace risks
- Regional heat maps paint a clear picture of WHS
- Arc flash safety film warns of high voltage danger
- Queensland Government working with business during COVID-19
- Reduce the risks of falls on stairs at your workplace
- New rehab and return to work coordinator training option
- Be Hendra virus aware during cooler weather
- Unpaid interns now entitled to workers' compensation
- Mist fan prohibition notice
- Electrical Equipment Safety Scheme
- Early intervention and employee assistance programs
- April 2020
- Safe Work and Return to Work Awards 2020 cancelled
- Regulatory approach to Australian WHS legislation for COVID-19
- Vehicle loading crane compliance campaign
- Farm safety calendar competition opens for Queensland school kids
- Workplace psychological health considerations during COVID-19
- Working from home—staying safe and healthy
- Small changes and engaging workers boosts safety
- Psittacosis and working with birds
- Queensland backs new workplace crystalline silica standards
- Small business and its director fined for unsafe electrical practices
- Flu season: time to prepare
- Vermeer Wood-chipper recall notice
- Release schedule for review of workplace exposure standards
- Edge protection company and director fined over workplace safety
- February 2020
- Are you ready to support an ageing workforce?
- Don't miss out – Queensland to host first national Musculoskeletal Disorders Symposium
- Hazardous chemicals register
- Manage exposure to solar ultraviolet radiation (UVR)
- Traffic safety audits – prepare your workplace!
- Latest Australia and New Zealand WHS and workers’ comp reports released
- 1000+ stonemasons now screened for silicosis in Queensland
- Adoption of GHS Revision 7 under the model WHS laws
- Be Recognised for hard work and dedication to safety
- National work health and wellbeing community of practice
- Transport Industry Safety and Supply Chain Network meeting
- Changes to asbestos transport and disposal requirements
- Workplace exposure standards for airborne contaminants
- North Queensland Injury Prevention and Return to Work Conference
- Join a Government board to create change
- June 2019
- Worker hospitalised after drinking cement hardener from unmarked bottle
- EJ Australia: safety focus paying financial dividends
- Mentally healthy workplaces workshops
- Adapting to the needs of Australia’s ageing workforce
- The future of work: an Australian perspective
- Sponsor a Safe Work Month event
- Simple vaccine can protect workers against Q fever
- Last chance to comment on proposed workers’ comp for gig workers
- Improving truck safety with virtual reality
- Input sought over new chemical classification
- WorkCover’s RTW services panel tender
- December 2019
- $75,000 fine after serious sugar mill injury leads to amputation
- Work safely with asbestos after summer storms
- Latest innovations targeting sun safety
- New report on work-related musculoskeletal disorders
- Look after young workers starting holiday jobs or new careers
- New guidance on vehicles as a workplace
- Ninth release of exposure standards open for public comment
- New report highlights Australian long-term work safety trends
- Get in early and book your free Safety Advocate visit for 2020
- New hazardous chemical register template
- What to expect when an inspector calls
- Are you ready to clean up after summer storms and flooding?
- 3M respirator stop use and recall notification
- Working with industry to manage hazards
- October 2019
- Queensland Safe Work Awards honour innovators
- Scissor hoist death leads to fine and guarding improvements
- Handle heat without the stress as summer starts to sizzle
- Audits to target pedestrian safety for vehicles and mobile
- Register for occupational lung disease safety forum now
- Reduce sedentary work and BeUpstanding!
- New data hub highlights work safety trends in Queensland
- Growing concern at pesticide hazards
- Audits to target sprain and strain hazards
- AI on show at the Transport Safety Network meeting
- Asbestos Awareness Week 24-30 November
- National Return to Work Strategy 2020-2030 launched
- Don’t let work Christmas parties spoil a safe working year
- August 2019
- Step off the sidelines and stand up for safety during Safe Work Month
- Preventing sprains and strains starts with a conversation
- Crackdown on unsafe asbestos activity
- Work-related violence and aggression in health services
- Locality profiles shine a light on regional workers’ compensation claims
- New resource to boost psychological health in the workplace
- Fine imposed for high-pressure clean of asbestos roof
- National taskforce to tackle dust diseases
- Stop use and recall notice for 3M Fall Protection
- Supporting workers with endometriosis
- Free program helping workers get their health back on track
- Deep dive into safety at Safe Work Month Masterclasses
- Workplace exposure standards: release schedule and opportunities to comment on draft recommendations
- Get involved in Queensland Mental Health Week 2019
- Case study: Targeting sprain and strain injuries in aged care
- Webinars to help managers prevent MSDs
- Influencing work safety decision-makers – survey now underway
- April 2019
- Queensland appoints first Work Health Safety Prosecutor
- Safe Work and Return to Work Awards 2019 now open
- Changes for white card construction induction training
- New rope access and fall arrest guide published
- Vehicle loading cranes audits
- Waste recycler to stand trial over worker death
- National guide to reduce work-related road fatalities
- Transport industry supply chain network meetings
- New research finds more promotion of Q fever vaccine needed
- Flu season early this year: time to prepare
- Injury prevention and management workshops for small business
- Snap decisions the focus of new safety campaign
- Truckin’ on…safely!
- Workers’ psychological support service now available
- Take your career to the next level and make our workplaces safer
- February 2019
- Priority infringeable offences (on-the-spot fines)
- New guide to officer health and safety duties
- North Queensland Injury Prevention and Return to Work Conference
- Safe immobilising heavy vehicles and trailers campaign
- Major fine for builder after painter’s fatal fall
- Outdoor workers, skin cancer and the sun
- Grey fleets – a significant risk with unique challenges
- Are you focused on improving safety for your young workers?
- Cattle transporter embraces technology to improve safety
- Work-related mental health conditions infographic
- What is the best way to lift?
- QUT researchers seek worker views of health and safety
- Q fever risks and construction work
- December 2022
- eSAFE Construction
- November 2022
- Identifying silica dust risks and hazards in construction
- Construction workers death highlights overhead powerline risks
- Industry undertaking to benefit workers and sports club
- New guide to manage risks of industrial rope access systems
- Z-fold concrete placing boom safety
- Secure construction sites over Christmas break
- Traffic safety on construction sites
- New conditions for white cards in Queensland
- Statistics highlight scaffolding risks and negligence
- The importance of equipotential bonding for plumbers and pool builders
- July 2022
- New scaffolding step height now in effect
- WHS management plans – is paper on the way out?
- Safe storage of chemicals at construction sites
- WHS duties in a contractual chain
- Company and sole director fined after worker falls through skylight
- Speak up and get your workers home safely
- Mates in Construction: new guide and training
- Call for public submissions on silica dust risk management
- March 2022
- Dangerous crane hoist limit incidents
- Concrete pumping audits underway
- No working at heights safety measures costs construction and roofing company dearly
- Construction industry to target falls from height
- Injury claims show lows and highs in construction
- Road repairs and demolition in flood aftermath
- Formwork safety still in focus
- Book your free Safety Advocate visit now!
- Gold Coast property management company fined $60,000 for fall from heights
- November 2021
- Inspectors target onsite amenities
- Case study covers asbestos safety for tradies
- Prosecution highlights wheel loader and bucket misuse
- Falls from height continue to dog construction industry
- Guide to managing the risks of elevating work platforms
- Construction data upgrade reveals industry injury trends
- Rapid growth behind need to upgrade WHS
- What does the health of your workplace look like?
- Preparing building sites for summer lockdown
- Crane operator fined $6500 over worksite near miss
- July 2021
- Failure to allow inspectors on site leads to additional fines for company after worker impaled
- MATES in Construction milestone in supporting workers
- Company fined $50,000 after young worker’s hand caught in Hippo mixer
- Mobile concrete placing boom outrigger failure
- Replacing general construction induction training cards
- Cranes and lifting equipment a serious injury risk
- Stolen general construction induction training cards
- Making health and safety work for your company
- How businesses can boost WHS with free expert advice
- Action required after another lifting clutch failure
- Builder fined $65,000 after worker run over by front end loader
- March 2021
- Why is the health of the construction industry important?
- Inspecting and maintaining elevating work platforms
- Company and director fined for putting public at risk
- Working at heights remains a leading cause of work fatalities
- Watch out for construction site traffic over the Easter break
- Manufacturer fined $135,000 after bystander death
- Construction industry codes of practice updated
- New hazardous manual tasks resources
- Housing construction ongoing compliance issues
- Formwork safety
- Public comment on Electrical Safety Act closing soon
- November 2020
- Scaffolding on medium-rise construction sites
- Safe set up of mobile concrete placing booms
- Non-compliances on residential construction sites
- Guide for COVID-19 cleaning for construction and other workplaces
- Formwork campaign and documentation issues
- Traffic controllers need protection during Christmas rush
- Maintaining your concrete pump plant
- Training and communication help WHS match growth
- July 2020
- Changes to inspectors’ role in right of entry disputes and penalties
- Concrete pumping compliance audits
- Early prostate detection: prevention the best cure
- MATES help for working during COVID-19
- Formwork industry compliance audits underway
- ‘Glaringly obvious’ oversight attracts hefty fines for builders
- Spotlight on work safety risk by occupation
- March 2020
- Challenging times need innovative safety regulation
- Availability of disposable respirators during the COVID-19 pandemic
- Family-owned business fined $160,000 for two serious offences
- Improving safety management on large scale construction projects
- G&D Lawrie Builders evolved with injury prevention training
- Energy drinks and the impact on workers
- November 2019
- Builder fined $110,000 over worker impaling
- Construction industry leads the way in safe work awards
- New concrete pumping code to boost work safety
- Lock down worksites safely over Christmas
- Construction industry work safety statistics highlighted
- Time to act on holiday traffic risks for workers
- Guide to managing risk in construction: prefabricated concrete
- AS/NZS3012:2019 Electrical installations - Construction and demolition sites
- Builder fined $77,000 for safety breaches at different worksites
- National Health Survey construction industry data released
- July 2019
- Builder fined $75,000 over worker’s life-changing injury
- New inspectors ready to boost construction safety
- Preventing tower crane load free-fall
- Joint agency blitz targets high rise construction safety breaches
- Best practice procurement ensures highest safety standards
- Are you set for Safe Work Month?
- Abrasive blasting small business expanding safely
- Case study: FKG supporting workers’ health and wellbeing
- Who are your health and safety representatives?
- Respirable crystalline silica update: dust extraction and respirators
- Vehicle loading crane (crane truck) audits extended
- March 2019
- Priority infringeable offences targeted
- HSR training required within three months of election
- Bricklayer fined for Springfield Lakes block wall collapse
- Tower crane hoist rope and brake failures
- Caboolture crane company cops heavy fine after failing to follow manufacturer’s instruction
- Building bridges - Jed's story
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- May 2022
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- September 2021
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- May 2021
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- Fatal dismount from moving tractor leads to $150,000 fine
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- January 2021
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- September 2020
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- May 2020
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- January 2020
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- September 2019
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- May 2019
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- January 2019
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- January 2023
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