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Australian Workers Remembered Today on World Day for Safety and Health at Work and Workers’ Memorial

Posted on 28/04/2024
Today, on World Day for Safety and Health at Work and Workers’ Memorial Day, the Australian Institute of Health & Safety (AIHS) and Australians nationwide pause to remember.
  

Warning over ‘cocktail’ of serious health hazards for workers

Posted on 23/04/2024
More than 70 per cent of the global workforce are likely to be exposed to climate-change-related health hazards, and existing OHS protections are struggling to keep up with the resulting risks, according to an International Labour Organization Report
  

Plaster company to spend $480,000 after forklift injury

Posted on 18/04/2024
A building material supplier in Victoria has committed to spend more than $480,000 as part of an enforceable undertaking to improve health and safety outcomes after an incident at a Pascoe Vale warehouse.
  

$2.57 million enforceable undertaking for Queensland Department of Education

Posted on 17/04/2024
The Queensland Department of Education (DoE) recently entered into a $2.57 million enforceable undertaking over an incident in which a student was injured while using a saw as part of a school project.
  

WorkSafe WA conducts construction site security inspections

Posted on 16/04/2024
WorkSafe WA has launched a proactive inspection program which will focus on site security issues on construction sites following multiple incidents in which sites have been accessed by unauthorised persons, exposing them to serious hazards.

Industry news

Australian Workers Remembered Today on World Day for Safety and Health at Work and Workers’ Memorial

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Warning over ‘cocktail’ of serious health hazards for workers

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School principals highly stressed over workplace violence

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What factors are influencing OHS offences and fines?

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Media release

Dr. Simon Roberts Appointed as the New Registrar of the Australian OHS Education Accreditation Board

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The AIHS Celebrates Australia Leading the Way to Ban the Use of Engineered Stone

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The Australian Institute of Health and Safety Announces New Leadership Appointments

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MEDIA RELEASE: Skye Buatava and Kala Philip join the AIHS as Independent Directors

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Incidents and prosecutions

Plaster company to spend $480,000 after forklift injury

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$2.57 million enforceable undertaking for Queensland Department of Education

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Restaurant owners fined for operating unsafe gas appliances, putting patrons at risk

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Ballooning company fined after worker falls through roof

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Policy and legislation

WorkSafe WA conducts construction site security inspections

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Regulator issues safety alert about tree maintenance at work and public areas

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Safety warning issued after worker killed in trailer rollover

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Regulator issues safety alert over dangers of laser light shows

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