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- Annual review of Allied Health Services Table of Costs for 2021-2022
- Vale Ian Brusasco AO
- Get ready to renew your policy from 1 July
- 2020
- Roofing product manufacturer fined $135,000 after death of innocent bystander
- Court imposes $30,000 fine for dodgy electrical work and no licence
- Toowoomba Second Range Crossing contractor fined $40,000
- Construction sites urged not to jam the brake ahead of summer shutdown
- Have a care for traffic controllers during holiday rush
- Disaster clean-up company fined over asbestos dangers
- Court upholds conviction for workplace electric shock
- Demolition company fined $6,000
- Contravention of a non-disturbance notice and unlawful asbestos removal costs company $7,000 in fines
- NQ company fined $150,000 after worker crushed to death
- Unlicensed electrical work leads to hefty fine in Townsville
- Not using golf cart safely around school kids ends in disaster and hefty fine
- Company director fined after removing asbestos without a license
- Builder fined $50,000 after worker falls from height
- $16,000 in fines for dodgy demolition of house with asbestos containing material
- Poor supervision of new worker costs business $40,000
- $60,000 fine after incident left worker with partial thumb amputation
- Redesigned WorkSafe.qld.gov.au website launched
- Ardent Leisure Limited fined $3.6m over Dreamworld fatalities
- $800,000 fine over workplace burns fatality in Yatala
- $40,000 fine over workplace amputation in Crestmead
- Phone scam alert
- New return to work services panel
- Get ready to renew your policy from 1 July
- Allied health table of costs update 2020
- Coroner’s findings into Dreamworld tragedy
- Unsafe electrical work leads to $30,000 fine
- Coronavirus (COVID-19) workplace risk management
- An update from WorkCover Queensland on COVID-19
- It's time to renew your WorkCover accident insurance policy
- ESO warns unlicensed electrical work is potentially lethal
- 2020–2021 WorkCover Queensland industry classifications released
- Arc flash safety film reminds sparkies of high voltage danger
- Queensland Government cracks down on unlicensed electrical work
- Wholesale bakery fined $90,000 for breakdown of safety procedures
- Availability of disposable respirators during the COVID-19 pandemic
- Brisbane contractor fined $85,000 for not protecting workers against electric shock
- Small business and its director fined more than $40,000 for unsafe electrical practices
- Updated Medical Items Table of Costs including new diagnostic imaging fees—effective 1 April 2020
- Fencing contractor fined $25,000 after teenage worker suffered serious hand injuries at Camooweal
- Edge protection company and its director fined $55,000 for exposing workers to risk of serious injury or death
- COVID-19 Telehealth for Allied Health - update 1 April 2020
- Annual review of Allied health table of costs for 2020-2021
- Formwork industry compliance audits
- ESO warns rogues in electricity industry – no licence, no work!
- Centacare Community Services hazardous manual tasks risk
- NQ employer fined $65,000 over death of backpacker from heat stress
- Electrical safety awareness sessions in regional Queensland
- Industrial manslaughter charge laid against Gympie business owner
- $50,000 fine for Toowoomba Second Range Crossing incident
- Release of mental injury treatment guidelines
- Updated table of costs for medical treatment - effective 1 December 2020
- Independent medical examinations panel review
- Making the surgery approval process faster and easier
- Independent medical examinations (IME) panel tender now open
- 2019
- Medical Advisory Panel review
- Allied Health Table of Costs review
- Upcoming return to work services tender
- $54,000 fine after elderly woman injured
- Allied health table of costs update 2019
- Get ready to renew your policy from 1 July
- Locking pin failure leads to $60,000 fine
- Return to work services panel tender now open
- How do I access the tender documents?
- Do I need to reapply – we are already on the RTW services panel?
- I am a highly experienced (30 years) occupational therapist who has worked in this small regional area for 20 years. Is there any point to my offering a tender application – or is this only for large practices?
- What are the rates?
- Does this invitation include assessment services provided by allied health professionals like audiologists, physiotherapists, exercise physiology, etc?
- I lease a consulting suite in a clinic based in a private hospital and have medical indemnity but am unsure about the public liability insurance.
- Does the evaluation process consider a supplier's application for each region individually or collectively?
- My organisation works from a number of clinics across South East Queensland, I was wondering if it would be appropriate for me to have myself and head Physiotherapist on the application and add some other therapists in the future OR should I place all my
- We are applying for the tender as a private allied health clinic. We will have multiple providers that are qualified to provide RTW services. When we are completing the paperwork for the tender, do we need to provide individual details, insurances and exp
- The signed documents are to be provided in Word format. To comply, this means we can only insert electronic signatures. Will WorkCover accept this, or are we to supply the word document and scan (PDF) the signature page.
- Am I allowed to use Arial 10.5 font in my responses in order to provide quality responses and maintain page limits? I could not see any restrictions noted in the tender documentation.
- How will work be allocated and is there a guarantee of work?
- What does SLS mean and how does this apply?
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- How do I submit an offer?
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- McDonald’s smoke break legal case needs digesting
- Waste recycler to stand trial over worker death
- Medical items table of costs - 2019 annual review
- Brisbane builder fined over work safety breaches
- Builder fined over Gold Coast workplace injury
- Court dismisses rogue grape ‘slip and fall’ claim
- Return to work services panel tender closing soon
- Building company fined $110,000 over worker impaling
- Tragic reminder of dangers of working near powerlines
- Changes to Medical items table of costs - effective 1 December 2019
- Fine imposed for high-pressure clean of asbestos roof
- Workplace exposure standards open for public comment
- Recycler fined $160,000 after worker loses fingers
- Poultry producer fined $90,000 over workplace injury
- Builder fined $75,000 over worker’s life-changing injury
- Recovery Blueprint overview shared at national conference
- Tourism operator fined $40,000 for flying fox injuries
- Court reaffirms young workers need appropriate training
- Bricklayer fined for Springfield Lakes block wall collapse
- Pump importer prosecuted for Townsville electrocution death
- Concrete pumping Code of Practice commences 2 December 2019
- The medical and allied health panel (MAHP) tender is now open
- FAQ accordions
- What is the MAHP?
- What speciality areas are included in the MAHP?
- What will be the term of the arrangement?
- Is there a waitlist for the MAP?
- If I am on leave, can I get an extension to apply?
- I don’t quite have the minimum five years’ experience, can I still apply?
- Our company provides a panel of specialist doctors to provide independent opinions. Are we able to submit a response on behalf of each of our specialists? Or does each of our specialists need to submit a response as an individual?
- How do I access the tender documents?
- Do I need to reapply – I am already on the MAP panel?
- I have retired from clinical practice, can I still apply?
- What are the rates?
- Will attachments be read?
- As an Orthopaedic Specialist, if I apply as a General specialist, will I receive work from all the sub-specialty areas? Does a General specialist exist as an area on its own, and if so can I apply for more than one area?
- The signed documents are to be provided in word format. To comply, this means we can only insert electronic signatures. Will WorkCover accept this, or are we to supply the word document and scan (PDF) the signature page?
- Am I allowed to use "arial 10.5 font" in my responses in order to provide quality responses and maintain page limits? I could not see any restrictions noted in the tender documentation?
- How will work be allocated and is there a guarantee of work?
- What are SLS and how will they apply?
- The SLS includes prompt service delivery and communication timeframes. Why are these included?
- How do I submit an offer?
- What is the process for seeking offer clarifications?
- What are the requirements to be a conforming offer?
- FAQ accordions
- Supplementary IME Panel tender for Rehabilitation Physicians
- 2019–2020 WorkCover Queensland industry classifications released
- New Zealand triple tragedies prompt quad bike safety reminder
- Billboard company fined $250,000 over powerline shock to worker
- $50,000 fine after young boy injured on inflatable amusement ride
- Serious injuries from errant sugarcane burn-off lead to $35,000 fine
- Work Christmas parties - a little planning can stop things getting silly
- Help shape future workplace mental health programs and tools for Queensland
- Industrial gas and liquid supplier fined $200,000 after incident at Wacol plant
- Consultation on draft Principles of Practice for Workplace Rehabilitation Providers
- Brisbane Homebuilder fined $77,000 for safety breaches at two different worksites
- Caboolture crane company cops heavy fine after failing to follow manufacturer’s instruction
- Submissions invited – possible extension of workers’ compensation coverage for certain gig economy workers, and bailee taxi and limousine drivers.
- Search for best practice return to work and vocational support for silicosis lung disease sufferers
- Animal carcass disposal after floods
- Education Masterclass
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- Workers' Compensation Legislative Amendments
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- 2021
- Moranbah electrical industry work health and safety forum
- Jason Daniels’ story – surviving an electric shock from overhead powerlines
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- North Queensland Injury Prevention and Return to Work Conference 2021
- Webinar: 2020 Personal Injury Case Law Wrap Up
- Webinar: Vicarious liability and contributory negligence: who is at fault?
- 2020
- Musculoskeletal Disorders Symposium 2020
- Musculoskeletal Disorders Symposium 2020 networking dinner
- Workers' Memorial Day 2020
- North Queensland Injury Prevention and Return to Work Conference 2020
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- Safe Work Month 2020
- Mental Health Week 2020
- Webinar: Who is a worker and understanding apportionment of liability
- Gladstone electrical industry work health and safety forum - electrical contractors and workers (morning session)
- Gladstone electrical industry work health and safety forum - electrical contractors and workers (afternoon session)
- Gladstone electrical safety community forum - household and other workers
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- 2021
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- 2021
- Mobile crane rollover at residential construction site
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- Water truck operator killed after being thrown from cab
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- Worker killed in industrial shredding machine incident
- Person falls from tank
- Worker fatally injured attempting to jump start a tractor
- Worker falls from forklift
- 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
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- Falling tree fatality
- Horse handling fatality
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- 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
- 2021
- Workplace health and safety alerts
- 2021
- 2020
- 2019
- Winch type sign failures
- Lifting clutch failure
- Crane rope sheave failures
- Tower crane hoist rope and brake failures
- 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
- Dingli Australia elevating work platforms safety recall
- Multi-cutters and other discs on power tools and air tools
- Installation of shoring boxes and other trench support systems
- 2016
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- Devices for latching open fuel dispensing nozzle at a service station
- Potential for explosion of aluminium alloy oil/water separators fitted to high pressure air compressors
- 2012
- Dive cylinder fill whips
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- Securing loading ramps for mobile plant
- 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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- Tractor roll over protective structure limitations
- Guarding on a mast climbing work platform.
- Safe storage and transportation of gas cylinders in vehicles
- Trapdoors and penetration covers in construction
- Working around mobile plant during construction of roadworks and related infrastructure
- 2011
- 2009
- Electrical risks to insulation installers
- Air-conditioner installation
- Concrete pumping pipeline risks
- Pacific Roll Pac 16 tonne multi-tyred roller
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- Lifting inserts for tilt-up and pre-cast concrete construction
- Risk of being hit by moving parts of an aerial amusement ride
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- Insulation - installing ceiling insulation and your health and safety
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- 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
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- 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?
- Builder fined over Gold Coast workplace injury
- 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
- Serious injuries from errant sugarcane burn-off lead to $35,000 fine
- Fine imposed for high-pressure clean of asbestos roof
- Poultry producer fined $90,000 over workplace injury
- 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
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- Last chance to comment on proposed workers’ comp for gig workers
- It's time to renew your WorkCover accident insurance policy
- 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
- April 2021
- eSAFE Construction
- 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
- What is the best way to lift?
- Call for comments on workplace exposure standards
- Make a difference - join the construction blueprint
- Managing the risk of sun and heat in the workplace
- Dry July – a win for business, workers and people affected by cancer
- March 2021
- eSAFE Electrical
- 2021 Bulletins
- Wiring Rules amendment two released
- Spotlight on electrical safety in the rural industry
- Changes to fire protection licensing – effective 1 May 2021
- Electrical safety events
- Electrical worker loses licence for five years
- Electrical licensing disciplinary action
- COVID-19 rescue and resuscitation training exemptions
- Reminder: Electrical contractor licence details in advertising
- Review of the Electrical Safety Act 2002
- Infringement notices issued for unlicensed work
- Electrical licensing disciplinary action
- Free online training and learning opportunities for small business owners
- New Electrical Safety Board members
- 2020 Bulletins
- Dangers of working in ceiling spaces
- Smoke alarm requirements
- Beware of deteriorated wiring and cabling in older electrical installations
- Electrical worker loses licence for 10 years
- Electrical safety updates
- Switchboard wiring investigations
- Electrical licensing disciplinary action
- Restructuring your electrical contracting business? You may need a new licence.
- Electrical contractor guide for a safe system of work
- Financial and employment help, online training and support
- Choose the right safety switch for the job
- Rescue and resuscitation training during the COVID-19 pandemic
- Electrical equipment in hazardous areas
- Electrical licensing disciplinary action
- New year safety check
- Electrical safety codes of practice 2020
- Wiring Rules amendment released
- Electrical licensing disciplinary action
- 2019 Bulletins
- Electrical work on high voltage equipment
- Electrical licence updates
- Electrical safety for tenants and property owners
- AS/NZS3012:2019 Electrical installations - Construction and demolition sites
- Electrical licensing disciplinary action
- Electrical Licensing Committee September 2019 disciplinary outcomes
- Logan/Browns Plains sparkies – we need your help!
- New standard for renewable energy battery storage installations
- Electrical worker loses licence for 10 years
- Electricity Safety Week 2019
- Safety audits of plumbing businesses performing electrical work
- Segregation of telecommunications and electrical cabling
- Switchboard arc flash burns prompt urgent safety warning
- Risk from battery powered devices mounted near electrical equipment
- New Electrical Equipment Safety System website
- Electrical contractor licence details in advertising
- Safety observers essential for live electrical work
- Electrical Licensing Committee disciplinary outcomes
- New electrical contractor licence eligibility requirements
- Pump importer prosecuted for Townsville electrocution death
- Electrical safety training for solar farms
- Take care with switchboard wiring
- Safety first for Queensland’s booming solar farm industry
- $100,000 fine for Airtasker fake electrician
- Electrical safety on solar farms
- Unterminated cables can cause electric shock
- Priority infringeable offences (on-the-spot fines)
- Work safely with asbestos in switchboards during flood clean up
- Documented testing procedures and test reports
- Electrical apprentices must be supervised during flood recovery work
- The North Queensland flood register - tradies sign up now
- Test before you touch
- 2021 Bulletins
- eSAFE Rural
- May 2021
- Agriculture industry fatality rate double the next highest
- Fatal dismount from moving tractor leads to $150,000 fine
- Leptospirosis warning follows mice plague
- Working in cold weather
- Workplaces must be COVID safe as overseas help arrives
- New Hendra virus variant discovered
- Agriculture companies urged to enter 2021 Safe Work and Return to Work Awards
- New film tackles overhead powerline safety awareness
- Queensland labour hire initiative sets the pace for Australia
- Working safely with reusable chemical containers
- January 2021
- Rollover protection on tractors save lives
- Heavy falls mean flood risks must be managed
- Protecting your agribusiness during COVID-19
- Seasonal Worker Program and Pacific Island Labour Scheme trial extended
- Servicing and maintenance lesson out of fatal crush incident
- Have you considered Q fever vaccination?
- New quad bike safety standards
- Duties to manage the risk of COVID-19 in the workplace
- Keeping active for body and mind
- September 2020
- Outstanding school artwork featured in 2021 Farm Safety Calendar
- $16,000 fine after farm worker gets electric shock
- Dangers of plants touching powerlines
- New record-keeping and training requirements for chemical use
- Simple changes at grass roots help boost farm safety
- Drones helping make working on farms safer and easier
- Quad safety under the spotlight
- Trials starting for new Q fever vaccine
- Are you at risk of Q fever from transporting livestock?
- May 2020
- Farm safety calendar has lessons for all
- Working safely with pesticides
- Seasonal workers and harvest season
- COVID-19 horticulture guide
- Fencing contractor fined $25,000
- Health and wellbeing tips for challenging working times
- Record fine for rogue labour hire provider in Caboolture
- Overhead powerlines - hierarchy of risk controls
- Shared responsibilities in shearing in time of COVID-19
- New electrical safety initiative for rural communities
- January 2020
- Bushfire damage and asbestos
- Unlicensed labour hire provider in Emerald fined $60,000
- Agri-workers reap benefit of award-winning safety campaigns
- Review into 2,4-D recommends handling changes
- Case study: A team approach to the welfare of all workers
- Get in early and book your free Safety Advocate visit for 2020
- Electrical Safety Codes of Practice amendments
- September 2019
- Labour hire laws go from strength to strength
- Q fever risk increases as drought continues
- National survey finds Queensland has highest on-farm deaths and injuries
- Serious injuries from sugarcane fire lead to $35,000 fine
- Focus on worker mental health
- Get involved with Safe Work Month
- Better health means better business outcomes on the land
- Spotlight on health and safety representatives
- Bundaberg agriculture safety forum
- May 2019
- Spate of serious tractor incidents prompts safety warning
- Electrical safety vital on Queensland farms
- Locking pin failure leads to $60,000 fine
- ACCC seeks comment on quad bike safety review
- New powerline safety planning tool
- New safety network for Wide Bay agriculture employers
- Showcasing rural ingenuity for all of Queensland
- Floods highlight leptospirosis risk
- Get active and get healthy!
- Mentally Healthy Workplaces workshops expanded across the state
- January 2019
- Multiple fines a warning for agriculture industry to put safety first
- Dairy farm audits find nearly half have no safety policy in place
- Queensland Health warns North Queenslanders of bat risk
- Growers urged to check labour hire licence credentials
- Case study: Thornby Premium Lamb targeting worker wellbeing
- Hendra virus risk management guidance published
- Clean up safely during storm and flood season
- New report confirms agriculture safety rate needs to improve
- Free farm safety calendars still available – just!
- May 2021
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