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Mildura Business recognised in WorkSafe VIctoria State Safety Awards (2/10/2009)

WorkSafe Victoria Awards 2009 recognises individuals and organisations that have made a significant contribution to improving health and safety in their workplace.

WorkSafe forklift warning after man run over (23/09/2009)

A South Clayton business has been ordered to improve safety practices after a man received serious leg injuries yesterday after being hit by a forklift.

Hidden transport and warehouse sector injuries have the biggest cost (22/09/2009)

WorkSafe Victoria has launched a concerted assault on the state’s biggest source of workplace injuries which cost the community $600-million dollars a year in medical treatment and rehabilitation bills.

WorkSafe calls for action after Echuca pub blast, crane “near miss” and fatal fall (31/07/2009)

WorkSafe investigators were recently at the scene of an explosion in the cellar of an Echuca Hotel that left a teenage apprentice with serious burns.

WorkSafe Victoria warn against fake safety services and advertisements (11/05/2009)

WorkSafe Victoria have urged business owners to be wary of people offering safety services or selling advertisements in publications that might not exist. A Warrandyte builder was approached by someon

Western Bulldogs players to attend WorkSafe Victoria’s National Manufacturing Week (7/05/2009)

Western Bulldogs players will be present at the National Manufacturing Week to sign autographs and chat to exhibition visitors. WorkSafe Victoria, which is a partner of the AFL club, will promote safe

WorkSafe Victoria awards for maintaining safety in workplaces (10/04/2009)

WorkSafe Victoria awards recognise workplace health and safety committees and health and safety representatives, individual workers, employers and companies. Portland company, Smarter Safety Solutions won a WorkSafe Victoria ...

WorkSafe Victoria highlight safety measures for high-pressure cleaning equipment (25/03/2009)

A company has acknowledged the potential impact of a workplace health and safety failings and told a magistrate that contracts, worth millions of dollars, would be jeopardised if it was convicted. Wor

WorkSafe Victoria’s research identifies root causes of unsafe work practices in road freight transport (24/03/2009)

The road freight transport industry have joined WorkSafe Victoria to develop a strategy and action plan to improve workplace health and safety.

Phil Fehring Engineering plead guilty for not acting on safety improvement notices (23/03/2009)

According to WorkSafe Victoria, if one is not happy with a notice, there is a no-cost internal review process. If there are still issues once that process is concluded, the matter can be taken to VCAT

WorkSafe Victoria discuss employers’ towards outsourced workers (13/03/2009)

According to WorkSafe Victoria, their health and safety legislation requires employers to look after the safety of employees and people other than employees where they are affected by a client’s business or its operations.

Entries open for 2009 WorkSafe Victoria awards (12/03/2009)

WorkSafe Victoria have announced that the entries for 2009 WorkSafe Victoria awards are now open. The awards recognise health and safety committees and health and safety representatives, workers, empl

WorkSafe Victoria to share research results at Safety In Action Conference (11/03/2009)

Research commissioned by WorkSafe Victoria and to be presented at the Safety In Action Conference will reveal that one in three supervisors say senior management is not serious about safety and anothe

WorkSafe Victoria launch Worksafe advertising campaign (10/03/2009)

A company director and his firm have each been convicted and fined $100,000 after a worker’s death in August 2006. It is the first time a company director has been convicted under the Occupational Hea

WorkSafe Victoria to conduct inspections at Cafes and restaurants (9/03/2009)

Cafes and restaurants in Fitzroy, Collingwood and St Kilda are encouraged to get ready for a targeted workplace inspection campaign. The visits back-up WorkSafe Victoria’s recent advertising campaign focusing on young workers.

WorkSafe Victoria inspect retail and hospitality outlets in Melbourne’s central business district (9/03/2009)

Inspectors from WorkSafe Victoria are targeting retail and hospitality outlets in Melbourne’s central business district. Retail businesses and restaurants, cafes and bars will be inspected to check th

WorkSafe Victoria release safety publications to ensure workplace safety (6/03/2009)

A spate of serious incidents including the death of a woman who was run over by a reversing truck near Werribee this afternoon are being investigated by WorkSafe Victoria. They have sparked a call for

WorkSafe Victoria recommend traffic management for workplace safety in warehouses (5/03/2009)

WorkSafe Victoria investigated the incident and found that the company did not have adequate traffic management system in place when 38-year-old, Stephen Peluso of Elwood was hit by a forklift and die

WorkSafe Victoria highlights air receiver explosion risks (25/11/2008)

WorkSafe Victoria has released new guidance focusing on the safety risks associated with air receivers.

Record attendance for Work Safe Week organised by Work Safe Week (22/10/2008)

Nearly 12,000 people have registered for events during Work Safe Week organised by WorkSafe Victoria. The Work Safe Week features a series of free seminars and events across the state.

WorkSafe Victoria organise a state-wide inspection campaign to prevent manual handling injuries (22/10/2008)

WorkSafe Victoria will begin a state-wide inspection campaign targeting musculoskeletal disorder injuries, commonly known as “sprains and strains”.

WorkSafe Victoria organise Work Safe Week to highlight workplace safety (20/10/2008)

WorkSafe Victoria have organised the Work Safe Week to stress the importance of safety during maintenance or repair work of vehicles.

Worksafe Victoria stress the importance of safety systems at workplace (15/10/2008)

Worksafe Victoria have stressed the importance of safety systems at workplace by narrating the dangers of crushing injuries after two deaths and a serious injury in less than a week.

WorkSafe Victoria’s new campaign aiming at the safety of young workers in workplaces (10/10/2008)

WorkSafe Victoria have launched a graphic new campaign aimed at Generation Y, their families and employers in a bid to reduce the rate of young workers ending up in the emergency ward at Victorian hospitals as a result of ...

WriteRelease provide an insider's view on the 2009 Safety In Action Conference (10/10/2008)

WriteRelease offer insights on the upcoming 2009 Safety In Action Conference. Sponsored by WorkSafe Victoria, the 2009 Safety In Action Conference will feature keynote speakers who will shape the direction of safety management ...

WorkSafe Victoria launch new commercial to highlight Y Gen workplace injuries (7/10/2008)

WorkSafe Victoria commercials screened on prime time TV has created community awareness about the increased rate of young workers (15 to 24) treated at hospitals for workplace injuries.

Paper Australia fined for safety lapses investigated by WorkSafe Victoria (5/09/2008)

WorkSafe Victoria’s investigation has found that a range of safety mechanisms were removed. Paper Australia were convicted and fined $160,000, and had to pay an additional penalty of $70,000 as they had been prosecuted in ...

Loch Sport labourer pleads guilty to WorkSafe fraud (4/09/2008)

A Loch Sport labourer was convicted and ordered to repay the $16,628 he had obtained fraudulently. He was also ordered to pay costs of $1,535.82 to WorkSafe Victoria.

WorkSafe Victoria release guide aimed at reducing workplace fatigue (1/09/2008)

WorkSafe Victoria have released a new guide aimed at reducing workplace fatigue. Offering practical advice, ‘Fatigue prevention in the workplace’ can be used by any employer and worker to reduce the risk of injury or death.

WorkSafe Victoria and BROSH host interactive forum on 14 August (28/08/2008)

As part of Ballarat Business Month, WorkSafe Victoria and the Ballarat Regional Occupational Safety and Health Group (BROSH) have hosted an interactive forum on 14 August aimed at helping employers in Ballarat and surrounding ...

WorkSafe's Len Boehm's views on employer's compensation for injured workers (12/08/2008)

Len Boehm, Executive Director of WorkSafe Victoria, said that following an injury, workers were entitled to weekly payments if they were unable to perform their pre-injury duties or lost income because of a work-related ...

Man faces jail for defrauding $44,000 from WorkSafe Victoria (11/08/2008)

A Caulfield South man was convicted and faces the possibility of eight months in jail, for fraudulently obtaining more than $44,000 in workers compensation payments, for making a false declaration in relation to his workplace ...

WorkSafe Victoria support ROPS subsidy support for orchardists (8/08/2008)

Victorian orchardists can receive a subsidy to help cover the installation cost of tractor rollover protection structures or ROPS. If a commercially manufactured ROPS is available for the tractor, WorkSafe Victoria considers ...

WorkSafe Victoria’s safety campaign targets South Yarra construction sites (7/08/2008)

A two-day WorkSafe Victoria campaign targeting construction sites in South Yarra has identified a large number of safety breaches. Inspectors this week visited 16 unit developments and issued three Prohibition Notices for ...

WorkSafe Victoria launches new awareness campaign (6/08/2008)

As part of a new campaign by WorkSafe Victoria to create awareness about WorkSafe inspectors and their role in safety, a tram covered with WorkSafe logos and slogans has had its maiden journey through Melbourne. The yellow ...

WorkSafe Victoria hosts safety seminar for mining industry (1/08/2008)

Following the transfer of the regulatory responsibility for workplace health and safety in Victoria’s minerals sector to WorkSafe Victoria on 1 January, industry stakeholders met for a tripartite safety seminar in Melbourne ...

Six-year old kid’s idea entered in WorkSafe Victoria’s WorkSafe Awards (30/07/2008)

Christian Pouw of Leongatha’s St Laurence’s Primary School wrote to School Principal, Robyn Halliwell, with an idea that has stopped kids being bumped and reduced the risks of falling on the steps. Christian Pouw’s idea ...

Truck driver pays $800 to WorkSafe Victoria after compensation fraud conviction (29/07/2008)

A truck driver from Herne Hill, near Geelong, was convicted after pleading guilty to fraudulently obtaining over $3,000 in workers compensation payments. He was convicted and fined $1,000, and ordered to repay $2,700 of ...

WorkSafe Victoria releases return to work guidance for workers and employers (28/07/2008)

WorkSafe Victoria has released new guidance to assist employers and injured workers with the return to work process.

WorkSafe Victoria releases working safely with bridge and gantry cranes handbook (24/07/2008)

WorkSafe Victoria has released new guidance to help improve the safety of people who own, use or maintain bridge and gantry cranes. Working safely with bridge and gantry cranes was developed with industry groups, unions ...

WorkSafe Victoria prosecutes Northern Victorian farming business for work safety breaches (22/07/2008)

A Northern Victorian farming business, S. Ford & Sons Proprietary Limited, has been found guilty of occupational health and safety breaches and fined $15,000 after an incident in a silo that resulted in a 19 year old employee ...

WorkSafe Victoria to host interactive forum in Werribee (18/07/2008)

WorkSafe Victoria is hosting an interactive forum in Werribee on 22 July, aimed at helping employers in Melbourne’s west understand how they can achieve return to work success in partnership with occupational rehabilitation ...

WorkSafe Victoria launches new advertising campaign (16/07/2008)

WorkSafe Victoria has announced a comprehensive program of intervention activities to take place over the next 12 months. The announcement corresponds with the launch of WorkSafe Victoria’s new advertising campaign which ...

WorkSafe Victoria announces intervention activities planned for 2008/09 (15/07/2008)

A comprehensive programme of intervention activities to take place over the next 12 months has been announced by WorkSafe Victoria. The industries, suburbs and regional areas to receive added attention in the next year demonstrate ...

WorkSafe Victoria investigates electric shock incident (14/07/2008)

A man has been flown to hospital after a scissor lift hit power lines near Mildura. WorkSafe Victoria is investigating the incident which happened at a construction site in Wargan Road, Merbein. The man is aged about 50.

WorkSafe Victoria to hold seminars on WorkSafe Injury Insurance policy (8/07/2008)

As 2007/08 comes to an end and people start tackling their tax return, WorkSafe Victoria is asking employers across the State not to forget to complete their annual declaration of rateable remuneration.

WorkSafe Victoria prosecutes Lakeside Packaging on workplace health and safety charges (4/07/2008)

Injuries suffered by two Chinese guest workers in Australia on Section 457 visas have cost Campbellfield company, Lakeside Packaging, a conviction and fines totalling $100,000 today. WorkSafe Victoria prosecuted the company ...

WorkSafe Victoria and Borders to hold interactive session on role of compensation agents (25/06/2008)

WorkSafe Victoria will host an interactive forum in Rowville to help employers in Melbourne’s south and south east to make maximum use of the services of agent from WorkSafe Victoria for improving return to work outcomes.

WorkSafe Victoria investigates two fatal falls (23/06/2008)

WorkSafe Victoria has called on Victorian employers and workers to maximise fall prevention safety after the deaths of two men in two days.

WorkSafe Victoria prosecutes company for failing to provide appropriate fall protection (20/06/2008)

An eastern suburbs company and its director have been convicted and fined a total of $17,000 for failing to provide appropriate fall protection at a Northcote home renovation project.

WorkSafe Victoria prosecutes Lakeside Packaging on workplace health and safety charges (18/06/2008)

A Campbellfield company has pleaded guilty to seven workplace health and safety charges after two Chinese workers in Australia on section 457 visas suffered serious injuries in 2006.

WorkSafe Victoria investigates fall from height incident (17/06/2008)

Failing to ensure a truck driver used a fall prevention harness has resulted in a conviction and $12,500 fine for West Gippsland company, Evison Grain.

WorkSafe Victoria campaign results in prosecution of Studiobend (13/06/2008)

A WorkSafe Victoria campaign targeting nightclubs has resulted in a Bendigo venue operator being placed on a 12 month good behaviour bond and ordered to publicly acknowledge safety failings.

WorkSafe Victoria advises on safety of tractors (12/06/2008)

Dangerous tractors without rollover protection are still to be found on Victorian farms a decade after a push to have them made a thing of the past.

Wangaratta Company found not guilty on OHS charges (12/06/2008)

Australian Country Spinners Pty Ltd, charged under the Occupational Health and Safety Act by WorkSafe, has been found not guilty by a Wangaratta County Court jury. The company has installed interlocked guards now.

WorkSafe Victoria unveils new farm safety guide for women (9/06/2008)

WorkSafe Victoria has launched a new farm safety guide at the Country Womens’ Association’s State Conference in Melbourne urging members to help make the state’s farms safer.

WorkSafe Victoria to hold campaign for manual handling safety in food industry (6/06/2008)

A state-wide campaign targeting manual handling safety will begin on 1 July when food manufacturers and processors will be visited by WorkSafe Victoria inspectors.

Worksafe Victoria warns against obstructing inspectors (5/06/2008)

WorkSafe Victoria is investigating three separate incidents in which its inspectors were allegedly obstructed over two days.

WorkSafe Victoria and Dial Before You Dig join hands for protection of underground structures (30/05/2008)

Dial Before You Dig and WorkSafe Victoria have called on plant operators and tradesmen to reduce the risk of injury by checking on the presence of underground infrastructure before they begin work.

WorkSafe Victoria conducts information session in Melboune (28/05/2008)

WorkSafe Victoria hosted an information session in Preston on Tuesday, 27th May aimed to help employers in Melbourne’s north to understand WorkSafe Victoria's workplace injury insurance system and how good return to work ...

WorkSafe Victoria to hold Safe Towns campaign in Warragul (20/05/2008)

Common safety hazards affecting small and medium sized businesses will be targeted in a major WorkSafe Victoria campaign in Warragul.

WorkSafe Victoria releases Injury Hotspots website (19/05/2008)

WorkSafe Victoria has taken a new approach to help businesses identify safety risks affecting them and their workforce.

WorkSafe Victoria warns against working in close proximity to mobile plants (16/05/2008)

WorkSafe Victoria has warned against working in close proximity to mobile plant after a worker’s leg was broken at Narre Warren.

WorkSafe Victoria investigates South Yarra electric shock incident (14/05/2008)

WorkSafe Victoria’s Executive Director, John Merritt said while WorkSafe Victoria’s inquiries were at an early stage, today’s incident should prompt a review of safety measures in all workplaces.

Entries for WorkSafe Victoria Awards close on 16 May (14/05/2008)

WorkSafe Victoria’s Executive Director John Merritt said having a go was an important part of the awards.

WorkSafe Victoria Award winner EARS Australia, achieves national honour (12/05/2008)

EARS Australia, a 2007 WorkSafe Victoria Award winner, was recently recognised in the Safe Work Australia Awards in Canberra.

WorkSafe Victoria to hold annual roadshow (12/05/2008)

WorkSafe Victoria’s annual roadshow to metropolitan and regional centres is about to begin and employers and workers are invited to attend community briefings in late May and June.

WorkSafe Victoria to visit Warragul businesses as part of Safe Towns campaign (5/05/2008)

WorkSafe Victoria inspectors will be visiting small and medium-sized businesses in Warragul as part of a major safety improvement campaign, Safe Towns, in late May.

WorkSafe Victoria comments on excavator hitting power line incident (30/04/2008)

A company has been fined $40,000 after an excavator struck overhead power lines near Rosebud’s Port Phillip Plaza Shopping Centre in November 2005.

WorkSafe Victoria’s Safety In Action Conference to focus on workplace safety (29/04/2008)

On World Day for Safety and Health at Work, Sheryl Dell and the Safety Institute of Australia Victoria Division are calling for recognition of the hidden workplace death toll.

WorkSafe Victoria’s views on workplace safety enforcement (22/04/2008)

A County Court judge has imposed Victoria’s high fine on a single workplace safety charge, but the fine is unlikely to be paid because the business has ceased trading.

Online entry to 2008 WorkSafe Victoria Awards close on 9th May (22/04/2008)

Online entries have been introduced, by WorkSafe Victoria, to make it easier to enter the 2008 WorkSafe Victoria Awards.

WorkSafe Victoria focuses on motor workshop safety (21/04/2008)

A Wodonga company has been convicted and fined $50,000 after a car being put on a vehicle hoist crashed off the end hitting a worker. The worker’s leg was amputated after the incident at Wodonga in November 2006.

WorkSafe Victoria’s inspectors to visit Bendigo businesses as part of safety improvement campaign (15/04/2008)

WorkSafe Victoria’s inspectors will be visiting small and medium-sized businesses in Bendigo as part of a major safety improvement campaign, Safe Towns, in early May.

WorkSafe Victoria on third work related fatality in 2008 (11/04/2008)

The death of a truck driver who fell from a trailer near Rockbank was Victoria’s third work related fatality in a week.

WorkSafe Victoria to host information session in Rowville (28/03/2008)

WorkSafe Victoria is to host an information session in Rowville on 3 April aimed at helping employers in Melbourne’s south and south east to interact more effectively with doctors and other health providers in order to improve ...

WorkSafe Victoria to hold free safety skin check at Hamilton for outdoor workers (27/03/2008)

The health of outdoor workers in Western Victoria will be targeted at a free safety skin check at the Melville Oval grandstand at Hamilton on 3 April.

Fosters Australia pleads guilty to workplace safety charges: WorkSafe Victoria (26/03/2008)

Fosters Australia Limited pleaded guilty to two workplace safety charges following the death of a worker on 13 April 2006.

WorkSafe Victoria to issue Licence to Perform High Risk Work (25/03/2008)

People who operate forklifts, cranes and a wide range of other high risk equipment as well as those working in a number of occupations under Certificates of competency or tickets need to switch to the new Licence to Perform ...

John Pead to speak at Safety In Action sponsored by WorkSafe Victoria (21/03/2008)

Sponsored by WorkSafe Victoria and hosted by the Safety Institute of Australia (Victoria Division), the Safety In Action conference will be held from April 29 to May 1 at the Melbourne Convention Centre, while the concurrently ...

WorkSafe Victoria to sponsor Safety In Action Conference (18/03/2008)

Sponsored by WorkSafe Victoria and hosted by the Safety Institute of Australia (Victoria Division), the Safety In Action Conference will be held from April 29 to May 1 at the Melbourne Convention Centre, while the concurrently ...

WorkSafe Victoria WorkSafe Victoria invites entries for 2008 WorkSafe awards (17/03/2008)

Entries are open for the 2008 WorkSafe awards, which are celebrating 20 years of recognising excellence in health and safety innovation.

WorkSafe Victoria releases details of targeted workplace safety campaigns (13/03/2008)

WorkSafe Victoria has released details of the first of 2008’s targeted workplace safety campaigns focusing on specific geographical areas.

WorkSafe Victoria to conduct machine maintenance safety campaign in Ballarat (12/03/2008)

The dangers of failing to properly guard machines, particularly when they are undergoing maintenance and related work, will be highlighted at a workshop by WorkSafe Victoria in Ballarat on 1 April.

Dandenong business found guilty of workers compensation offence (6/03/2008)

Playground equipment manufacturer, Playspace Playground, has pleaded guilty in the Dandenong Magistrates Court today to failing to provide an injured employee with his pre injury position as required under Victoria’s workers ...

WorkSafe Victoria to host an information session in Preston (22/02/2008)

WorkSafe Victoria is hosting an information session in Preston on Tuesday 26 February aimed at helping employers in Melbourne’s northern suburbs prevent and manage return to work disputes to obtain better outcomes.

WorkSafe Victoria releases two handbooks on construction industry (18/02/2008)

WorkSafe Victoria has released two handbooks outlining the requirements of new regulations which formalise existing safe working practices in Victoria’s construction industry.

WorkSafe Victoria to focus on safety problems in Northland and Southland shopping centres (12/02/2008)

WorkSafe Victoria’s inspectors will soon be returning to the Northland and Southland shopping centres to follow-up on safety problems identified in January.

WorkSafe Victoria targets falls prevention in construction industry (11/02/2008)

WorkSafe Victoria’s inspectors are targeting dangerous work at height on housing and small to medium construction sites across the state during February and March.

WorkSafe Victoria investigates Clayton forklift incident (8/02/2008)

A man remains in hospital after an estimated three tonnes of glass fell on him from a forklift at Clayton on Friday night. A WorkSafe Victoria investigation is underway.

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WorkSafe Victoria launches statewide advertising campaign (4/02/2008)

A new statewide advertising campaign aims to further cut the number of workplace deaths and injuries in Victoria.

WorkSafe Victoria principal sponsor for Safety In Action 2008 conference (24/01/2008)

The Safety In Action Conference will run from Tuesday April 29 to Thursday May 1 at the Melbourne Convention Centre, while the concurrently held Safety In Action trade show will be at the Melbourne Exhibition Centre.

WorkSafe Victoria investigates Latrobe Valley timber mill death (22/01/2008)

Less than three weeks into 2008, Victoria’s work-related death toll has risen to three with a fatality at a Latrobe Valley timber mill late yesterday.

WorkSafe Victoria’s Safer Suburbs project to focus on Northland and Southland shopping centres (21/01/2008)

The Northland and Southland shopping centres will be the focus of WorkSafe Victoria’s first Safer Suburbs campaign for 2008.

WorkSafe Victoria maintenance safety campaign in Mildura (18/01/2008)

WorkSafe Victoria is to target the maintenance, repair, installation, servicing and cleaning of machines (MRISC) in Mildura.

WorkSafe Victoria calls on building industry to lay the foundations for a safe year (18/01/2008)

WorkSafe Victoria has called on the building industry to lay the foundations for a safe year as the gates to most of the state’s building sites open for the first time on Monday.

Work is no place for initiations and pranks: WorkSafe Victoria (17/01/2008)

Employers and workers need to take a zero-tolerance approach to workplace initiations and pranks which can lead to serious injury and potentially death WorkSafe Victoria says.

Apollo General Engineering fined for ignoring prohibition notice (18/12/2007)

Apollo General Engineering pleaded guilty at the Sunshine Magistrate’s Court this week to breaching a WorkSafe prohibition notice.

Fitness company found guilty of not helping two injured workers (18/12/2007)

Belgravia Leisure Group pleaded guilty to several charges in the Ringwood Magistrates Court to failing to forward claims for compensation and prepare return to work plans for two injured workers.

Young Christmas workers at higher risk (17/12/2007)

As the annual flood of young workers enters the workforce across the state in the lead up to Christmas, WorkSafe Victoria is calling on employers to ensure proper training and supervision is provided.

WorkSafe inspectors visit Colac town (5/12/2007)

WorkSafe inspectors visited 127 businesses during the week-long campaign and issued 83 improvement notices, a little less than most other areas visited through the Safe Towns program which has run for four years.

WorkSafe renews sponsorship for Victorian Country Football League (4/12/2007)

WorkSafe Victoria has announced $1.2 million in new funding for the Victorian Country Football League (VCFL) over the next three years.

WorkSafe Victoria to help southern employers improve return to work outcomes (4/12/2007)

WorkSafe Victoria is hosting an information session in Rowville aimed at helping employers in Melbourne’s south and south east understand how they can achieve better outcomes in helping injured workers return to work.

Workplace health and safety regulators join to target falls prevention (3/12/2007)

Workplace health and safety regulators across Australia and New Zealand are joining forces to target falls prevention in the construction industry particularly small and medium-sized projects.

WorkSafe Victoria launches manufacturing safety campaign (29/11/2007)

Businesses in Melbourne’s eastern and south eastern suburbs will be the first to learn about a major safety campaign being launched by WorkSafe Victoria.

West Warrnambool safer after WorkSafe campaign (26/11/2007)

Improvement notices are a formal direction to make a safety improvement within an agreed period. Prohibition notices are issued when there is an immediate risk to health and safety.

Civil engineering firm convicted after failing to ensure safety of a worker (26/11/2007)

A County Court judge has told a major civil engineering company it was responsible for the death of a worker because it failed to take positive steps to ensure the safety of a worker who died in July 2003.

North-east Victorian man convicted of WorkCover fraud (23/11/2007)

A Euroa man was convicted and fined in the Benalla Magistrates Court for falsely obtaining over $7,700 in workplace injury compensation payments and for providing false information in relation to his workplace injury claim.

WorkSafe Victoria forms alliance with universities and organisations (22/11/2007)

WorkSafe Victoria has announced an alliance with Australia’s leading universities and health and safety organisations to help make small and medium sized Victorian companies safer.

Werribee man to serve jail sentence for WorkCover fraud (22/11/2007)

A Werribee man was sentenced to five months imprisonment for fraudulently obtaining more than $15,500 in workplace injury compensation payments and for making false declarations in relation to his workplace injury claim.

Businessman mistreats Worksafe Victoria’s inspector (21/11/2007)

Inspectors are on the front line of workplace safety. The Occupational Health and Safety Act gives inspectors broad powers to visit workplaces and ensure safety standards are observed.

New licensing system for high risk equipment from Worksafe Victoria (20/11/2007)

The new licence is being introduced to align with national safety standards, improve interstate recognition of current skills and better protect against fraud by incorporating a photograph into the licence.

WorkSafe Victoria to hold Safe Towns campaign at Colac Otway Shire (19/11/2007)

Colac businesses should be well into a review of potential workplace safety hazards ahead of the week-long Safe Towns inspection campaign which begins on 26 November.

Worksafe emphasises workplace safety after man dies in Mitcham construction site (15/11/2007)

A man died at Mitcham at the weekend after being struck by a steel support prop which fell as it was being removed from a concrete panel.

Safety failings cost two Victorian timber processing companies $80,000 (5/11/2007)

Basic safety failings have cost two Victorian timber processing companies more than $80,000 after being prosecuted by WorkSafe.

Worksafe Victoria moves into pre-Christmas death zone (1/11/2007)

WorkSafe is urging Victorian employers, supervisors and workers to do all they can to prevent serious injuries and deaths before Christmas.

Arthurs Seat Scenic Chairlift convicted for chairlift safety failings (29/10/2007)

A County Court judge has said sabotage was an unlikely cause of the 2004 Arthurs Seat safety incident in which an elderly woman’s legs were crushed when a chair slid down the cable and crashed into another.

Worksafe Victoria's advertising campaign on road safety (22/10/2007)

The death of a truck driver who was run over by his truck and a city scaffold collapse that narrowly missed four school girls on Thursday, show that Victorians must do more to create safe workplaces.

Scaffold collapse inquiry by WorkSafe (19/10/2007)

WorkSafe inspectors are investigating a major scaffold collapse which closed one of central Melbourne’s major intersections and could have caused serious injury or death.

SCA Hygiene to feature in WorkSafe Insights program (10/10/2007)

Leading Australasian tissue company, SCA Hygiene will feature in this month’s WorkSafe Insights program highlighting the systems and procedures that led to them receiving a WorkSafe award for workplace safety excellence.

WorkSafe warns employers against manual handling injuries (5/10/2007)

Australian warehouses are approaching their busiest time of year and unless steps are taken now to control manual handling risks, someone could get hurt.

WorkSafe to hold seminar on preventing workplace injuries (4/10/2007)

Workers in all occupations across the state are being urged to learn the latest and stay up to date by attending a seminar during 2007's WorkSafe Week.

Craigieburn man fined for cheating WorkSafe (28/09/2007)

A Craigieburn man was fined for fraudulently obtaining more than $6,100 in workplace injury compensation payments and for making false declarations in relation to his workplace injury claim.

Worksafe employee injured while inflating wheel-barrow tyre (25/09/2007)

A 27-year-old Warrnambool man last week lost an eye and suffered a head injury after a new wheel-barrow wheel exploded as he inflated it using a compressor at a local business.

WorkSafe Victoria Awards finalists announced (19/09/2007)

A record number of finalists for 2007’s WorkSafe Victoria Awards demonstrate the many different ways that health and safety is being addressed in the arts, construction, manufacturing, entertainment and recreation industries.

GrainCorp prosecuted for a second time in 2007 (17/09/2007)

GrainCorp Operations Limited was recently convicted and fined $100,000 after a casual employee fell four metres into an unguarded ground-level grain hopper at Ouyen in January 2006.

Company fined after four workers infected with Q fever (14/09/2007)

A Geelong animal products processing company was fined after four workers became infected with Q fever because they had not been immunised against the debilitating condition.

Crushed hand costs transport manufacturer $90,000 (13/09/2007)

A major manufacturer of truck trailers’ record as a good corporate citizen has not saved it from a $90,000 fine after a worker’s hand was crushed when a truck axle assembly fell on him.

Kerang business owner fined under OH&S charges (10/09/2007)

A Kerang business owner has been fined $50,000 without conviction, in the County Court after an employee was crushed and later died when an excavator bucket suddenly closed on him in June last year.

$300,000 fine for company after worker dies while changing a light bulb (10/09/2007)

Inadequate training, a lack of protective equipment and poor work procedures has led to a conviction and $300,000 fine for the employer of a man who died while changing a light bulb.

Worksafe Victoria’s safety campaign at Wodonga (5/09/2007)

WorkSafe inspectors visited 130 Wodonga businesses during the recent two week Safe Towns safety campaign

WorkSafe urges ATV users to wear helmet (4/09/2007)

The death of an elderly farmer after his all-terrain vehicle (ATV) rolled down a hill in north-east Victoria has prompted a renewed call for helmets to be worn by all all-terrain vehicle users.

Former Victorian policeman convicted for fraud in workplace injury compensation payment (3/09/2007)

A former Victorian policeman was convicted today and faces the possibility of six months in jail for fraudulently obtaining more than $50,400 in workplace injury compensation payments.

Education department fined for WorkCover hold up (27/08/2007)

WorkSafe Victoria has warned Victorian employers that failure to submit WorkCover forms would lead to court action and possible fines.

Teenage meat worker’s fingers injured while working at Midfield Meat Processing (24/08/2007)

A school-holiday job resulted in a 17-year-old Sudanese refugee having three fingers amputated while working as a trainee at a Warrnambool meatworks, a magistrate has heard.

International Flavours & Fragrances ignores Improvement Notices issued on forklift safety (24/08/2007)

The major provider of flavourings to Australia’s food and confectionary industry has been ordered to donate $10,000 to the Dandenong Benevolent Society after being prosecuted by WorkSafe.

Altona North death reinforces the dangers of confined space work (23/08/2007)

WorkSafe is investigating the death of a 42-year-old Werribee man while working inside a steel tank at Altona North yesterday.

Worksafe Victoria’s team to visit Coburg (21/08/2007)

WorkSafe inspectors will help business operators and issue Improvement and Prohibition notices to ensure identified safety matters are dealt with.

WorkSafe to conduct sessions for Hume City employers for dispute management (17/08/2007)

WorkSafe Victoria hosted an information session in Sunshine aimed at helping employers in Hume City prevent and manage return to work disputes to obtain better outcomes.

Worksafe safety campaign to target dangerous tractors (10/08/2007)

Dangerous tractors will be the target of a statewide safety campaign beginning this month.

Worksafe Victoria to provide services in Wodonga (1/08/2007)

Workplace safety will be in Wodonga when a team of WorkSafe inspectors are based in the city.

WorkSafe Victoria releases new Industry Standard (31/07/2007)

WorkSafe Victoria has released a new Industry Standard which provides practical advice to employers and workers involved in forestry operations.

Drouin firm faces trial on workplace safety charges (31/07/2007)

Gippsland company, Evison Grain has been committed to stand trial in the County Court on workplace safety charges.

$40,000 fine for North West Victorian Company (10/07/2007)

WorkSafe has said that a $40,000 fine for a Nhill company in the Horsham Magistrates' Court on Monday highlighted the need for employers to make sure all staff in the workplace were sufficiently trained.

A construction company convicted and fined $15,000 (9/07/2007)

A construction company has been convicted and fined $15,000 after the director’s son was seriously burned in a construction site explosion at Niddrie last year.

Safety campaign held at Chadstone (6/07/2007)

A safety improvement campaign at Chadstone Shopping Centre has resulted in one of the ideal results in the history of WorkSafe’s Safer Work Zones campaign.

Man dies in hospital after falling from office building (6/07/2007)

A 35-year-old window cleaner has died in hospital after falling about 12 metres from a city office building.

WorkSafe to hold seminars on hazards of working with concrete panels (25/06/2007)

WorkSafe seminars to help Victoria’s construction industry better understand the hazards of working with concrete panels will be held during June and July.

WorkSafe visits businesses in Sunshine as part of the Safer Work Zones project (22/06/2007)

A safety improvement project in Sunshine has been hailed a success with WorkSafe inspectors visiting 109 businesses between 28 May and 1 June.

Enforceable Undertaking under OHS Act 2004 for a Watsonia company (22/06/2007)

Watsonia company, J Keogh Plumbing, has agreed to the Enforceable Undertaking as an alternative to prosecution.

Worksafe Victoria conducts information session on workplace safety (13/06/2007)

This year's sessions will include an update on WorkSafe’s new practical OHS guidance, the new Return to Work Inspectorate, return to work coordinator training, making an offer of suitable employment to an injured worker, ...

WorkSafe on training and maintenance to maximise safe workplaces (8/06/2007)

WorkSafe has appealed to Victorian employers and workers to go back to basics and review work practices, equipment guarding, training and maintenance to maximise safe workplaces.

Concrete panel safety seminars from WorkSafe (6/06/2007)

Free WorkSafe seminars aimed at people who manufacture, transport or work with concrete panels will be held in Melbourne’s west (Brooklyn), south east (Dandenong) and northern suburbs (Preston) this month.

Star Track Express convicted and fined $200,000 after death of a forklift driver (1/06/2007)

WorkSafe will write to the Director of Public Prosecutions calling for an appeal against a $200,000 fine imposed over a safety incident which led to the death of a forklift driver employed by Star Track Express.

Safety guide available from WorkSafe Victoria (30/05/2007)

A safety guide developed jointly by WorkSafe Victoria and WorkCover NSW has been released in Mildura.

WorkSafe Victoria investigates the incident occurred at Laverton (18/05/2007)

A man’s arm was amputated at the elbow by a conveyor at a Laverton rock and concrete crushing plant this morning.

Woman convicted and fined for providing false information to WorkSafe (17/05/2007)

Marlene Rimmrodt was convicted and fined $6,000 and ordered to pay costs of $2,000 to WorkSafe.

WorkSafe on reservoir safety (16/05/2007)

WorkSafe inspectors issued 80 safety improvement notices during the Safer Work Zones campaign which ended in Reservoir’s industrial area.

WorkSafe on workplace safety (15/05/2007)

Chadstone Shopping Centre is to become Victoria’s major retail centre to be targeted by WorkSafe’s successful Safer Work Zones campaign.

WorkSafe insists on appropriate protection for people working at heights (14/05/2007)

According to WorkSafe, ensuring safe work practices was a matter of life and death.

WorkSafe on safe work practice (10/05/2007)

Two men have been taken to the Royal Melbourne Hospital, one with spinal injuries, after falling 3.8 metres at a Preston carpet manufacturing business.

WorkSafe’s tips on working in wet and slippery conditions (7/05/2007)

Working in wet and slippery conditions, particularly on uneven ground needs to be done with caution and it needs to be planned.

Dive company fined $200,000 – judge warns industry on safety (4/05/2007)

Scuba diving companies have been sent a strong warning on safety with a Victorian County Court judge convicting and fining one firm $200,000 following the death of a client.

Noble Park man imprisoned for Workcover fraud (3/05/2007)

A Noble Park man was sentenced to a month in jail today for fraudulently obtaining more than $7,200 in workplace injury compensation payments and for falsely declaring that he had not worked during the time in which he received ...

Community organisation fails to help three injured workers (2/05/2007)

According to WorkSafe, Westgate Migrant Resource Centre, pleaded guilty to several charges in the Sunshine Magistrates Court on failing to prepare a return to work plan for two injured workers and to make payments of compensation ...

Best design award from Worksafe Victoria (2/05/2007)

Nominations for this year’s WorkSafe Awards close on 11 May. According to WorkSafe Victoria, the awards recognised employers and workers that were going above and beyond in terms of workplace health and safety.

Worksafe employee held for forklift licence scam (30/04/2007)

A 51-year-old man is the second person to face court over a forklift licence testing scam, which has potentially put people at risk.

Worksafe investigates Braybrook bed factory incident (24/04/2007)

WorkSafe is investigating the incident which happened at a bedding factory in Evans Street Braybrook around 8:15am.

WorkSafe checks scaffolding at construction site (20/04/2007)

The Melbourne Magistrate was told that on 22 April 2005 a WorkSafe inspector was called to a construction site at the Strathcona Baptist Girls Grammar School in Canterbury as a result of a complaint about the scaffolding.

Safety innovation program sponsored by WorkSafe Victoria (20/04/2007)

Victorian employers can learn under a new safety innovation program sponsored by WorkSafe Victoria.

Worksafe award nominations for employers and workers (18/04/2007)

According to WorkSafe, the awards recognised employers and workers who were going above and beyond in terms of workplace health and safety.

WorkSafe demonstrates improvements to workplace safety at NMW 2007 (16/04/2007)

Employers and employees will have the opportunity to learn how simple it is to improve safety in their workplace at the WorkSafe display on Stand 3822 during National Manufacturing Week 2007 at Melbourne Convention & Exhibition ...

Paper Australia to stand trial (5/04/2007)

Paper Australia has been committed to stand trial in the County Court on a workplace health and safety charge.

Agribusiness warned on health and safety by WorkSafe (5/04/2007)

WorkSafe has completed the third prosecution of a major agribusiness company this year resulting in a conviction and $85,000 fine for GrainCorp Operations Limited.

Worksafe on workers’ compensation laws (30/03/2007)

Labour hire company, Adecco Industrial, pleaded guilty in the Melbourne Magistrates Court on Wednesday 28 March to failing to prepare a return to work plan for an injured worker.

Bendigo death adds to Victoria’s work-related death toll (28/03/2007)

The death of a man who fell around three metres on a domestic home improvement project today at Bendigo has taken Victoria’s work-related death toll for 2007 to 11.

Reservoir safety campaign by WorkSafe (27/03/2007)

The Safer Work Zones campaign focuses attention on safety by concentrating on a particular area and targeting smaller companies which traditionally have limited exposure to WorkSafe inspectors.

WorkSafe launches farm safety booklet (26/03/2007)

WorkSafe’s new farm safety booklet Beef Cattle Handling: A practical safety guide was launched at the Murray Grey Beef Cattle Show and Sale at Wodonga.

WorkSafe warns companies using coiled steel (26/03/2007)

WorkSafe has warned companies using coiled steel to review their storage and moving practices after a 51-year-old man died at Hastings late Friday, 15 March.

Triangle Cables pleads guilty to failing to help injured workers (23/03/2007)

Port Melbourne manufacturing company, Triangle Cables, pleaded guilty to two charges in the Melbourne Magistrates Court for not providing suitable employment for two of its injured workers.

Reckless endangerment charges laid after Wodonga explosion (22/03/2007)

Two men will stand trial under the reckless endangerment provision of the Occupational Health and Safety Act after making acetylene gas bombs at one of the men’s workplaces.

Worksafe campaign focusing on mobile crane operations (21/03/2007)

Mobile crane operations on construction sites will be in the spotlight as part of a new WorkSafe campaign beginning this month.

Electric shock at restaurant investigated by WorkSafe (21/03/2007)

WorkSafe is investigating an incident in which an electrician suffered an electric shock at a Federation Square restaurant this morning.

WorkSafe prosecutes Rural Press Printing (21/03/2007)

A major printing company has been prosecuted by WorkSafe Victoria after a worker suffered serious injuries to his hand in August 2005.

OHS charges against construction company and water authority by WorkSafe (16/03/2007)

Violation of Occupational Health and Safety Act - working at height without fall protection – has cost a Wodonga construction company a conviction and $10,000 fine even though no one was hurt.

WorkSafe joins National campaign on labour hire in food manufacturing (16/03/2007)

WorkSafe Victoria has joined a trans-Tasman campaign to focus on the safety of labour hire workers in high-risk sectors of the food manufacturing industry.

WorkSafe Awards 2007 to be presented on 23 October (16/03/2007)

The 2007 WorkSafe Awards will be presented on 23 October during Work Safe Week. Nominations are open now and close 11 May.

Court imposes fines on printing companies for violation of safety Act (16/03/2007)

Hannanprint Victoria and Eastern Suburbs Newspapers Management were each convicted and fined $75,000 for inadequate plant guarding, which cost a worker part of his finger.

Forklift licence scam discovered by Worksafe (15/03/2007)

Worksafe is serious about identifying fraud and will take steps to eliminate it. A woman has been fined for her involvement in a scheme involving dodgy licenses for people wanting to operate forklifts.

Workplace safety campaign by WorkSafe (12/03/2007)

A workplace safety campaign comes to Dandenong and Keysborough this month.

National safety campaign on mobile plants by WorkSafe (28/02/2007)

Victorian civil construction sites are being visited as part of a national campaign on the safety of people around mobile plant such as cars, trucks, earthmoving equipment and elevating work platforms.

Plea by WorkSafe for regional safety boost (23/02/2007)

A 28-year-old man has been flown to the Royal Melbourne Hospital after his leg was crushed in a metal-shaping machine at Kyabram today. According to WorkSafe, the incident should again remind employers and workers to seek ...

WorkSafe’s Port Melbourne safety campaign aims to prevent pain and suffering (21/02/2007)

WorkSafe Victoria has started its 2007 Safer Work Zones program in Port Melbourne where information packs outlining an upcoming safety campaign was distributed.

Information on safety working in confined spaces by Worksafe (20/02/2007)

Working in confined spaces could be the last thing workers will ever do because of the risk of being overcome by dangerous gases. WorkSafe added that the dangers associated with working in confined spaces were well established.

Apollo bay safety campaign by Worksafe (19/02/2007)

Apollo bay businesses and workers have a little over a month to review their safety practices ahead of a WorkSafe safety campaign from 19-23 February.

First Gippsland fatality for 2007 investigated by WorkSafe Victoria (19/02/2007)

WorkSafe Victoria is investigating work-related death, which happened at a motor workshop in Gippsland.

Building site lift campaign by WorkSafe (16/02/2007)

The safe installation of lifts will be in the spotlight as part of a new WorkSafe campaign.

Worksafe investigates sixth fatality this year (6/02/2007)

WorkSafe is investigating another work-related death, after a man died on Friday at Dandenong South.

Mildura Magistrate charges two men under OHS Act on interfering with WorkSafe inspector (24/01/2007)

A magistrate has supported WorkSafe inspectors as needing to be able to do their job without interference.

WorkSafe investigates building collapse at Laverton North (19/01/2007)

WorkSafe is investigating the collapse of a steel building frame on a construction site in Laverton North.

Death in cabinet-making workshop investigated by WorkSafe (19/01/2007)

WorkSafe is investigating the death of a 31-year-old woman at a cabinet-making factory at East Bentleigh.

WorkSafe investigating fatality in East Bentleigh (12/01/2007)

WorkSafe is investigating the death of a 31-year-old woman at a cabinet-making factory at East Bentleigh, late yesterday.

WorkSafe is investigating Victoria’s first work-related fatality of 2007 after a 30-year-old Langwarrin man was crushed, as he unloaded an excavator from a trailer at Narre Warren.

Two-and-a-half-year-old boy loses tip of his finger; WorkSafe prosecutes two men (19/12/2006)

Amusement and ride operators have again been warned to heed workplace health and safety laws or face legal and commercial consequences.

WorkSafe inspectors give 78 improvement notices to businesses in Yarrawonga (15/12/2006)

Prior warning of a WorkSafe inspection campaign in Yarrawonga has paid off with a high level of compliance with health and safety laws.

Rosebud Company Amusements Australia fined after train tips (7/12/2006)

A 17-year-old casual worker with only a learner drivers’ licence, and on his second day on the job was operating a miniature train, when it tipped on its side at a community festival at Moonee Valley last year.

Mercure Hotel fined on health and safety charges (5/12/2006)

A 2.5m fall caused by a ladder has landed a major Melbourne hotel in court and a fine of $40,000 on workplace health and safety charges.

WorkSafe on increase in workplace fatalities (3/12/2006)

A 51-year-old man died at work in Kilsyth in Melbourne’s outer east, after being hit by a 300kg steel tube, which fell from a crane he was operating.

Employee of Camden Neon electrocuted; WorkSafe charges Camden Neon (2/12/2006)

WorkSafe has charged a company, after a 26-year-old Sunbury man was electrocuted at Coburg on 18 April.

Top Value International fails to comply with WorkSafe improvement notices; charged (1/12/2006)

A Huntingdale import and distribution company has been placed on a 12 month good behaviour bond and ordered to pay $1,000 to the Court Fund, after failing to comply with WorkSafe improvement notices.

WorkSafe’s warning in Portland pays off (30/11/2006)

Prior warning of a WorkSafe inspection campaign in Portland has paid off with a high level of compliance with health and safety laws.

WorkSafe Victoria urges business operators to be aware of cold callers (21/11/2006)

Business operators are being urged to be wary of cold callers offering advertising deals, health and safety services, or who indicate they or their businesses are associated with WorkSafe Victoria.

Waterway Australia receives official recognition from WorkSafe Victoria (21/11/2006)

A Bayswater North company is the first to receive official recognition for taking part in a WorkSafe-funded safety improvement programme.

Man’s death at Bendigo facility under investigation by WorkSafe (17/11/2006)

WorkSafe is investigating the death of a man at a Bendigo ice manufacturing and warehouse.

A north-east Victorian company convicted and fined $5000 (17/11/2006)

Allowing contractors to work without fall protection at up to five metres above the ground has earned a north-east Victorian company, a conviction and $5000 fine.

Atherton Plumbing fined for safety breach (10/11/2006)

Allowing employees to work without fall protection has cost Atherton Plumbing a conviction, a $25,000 fine and costs of $4,700 after workers were found working on a first storey roof without fall protection.

Ballarat construction company fine by WorkSafe (8/11/2006)

Breaching a safety notice issued by WorkSafe has earned a Ballarat construction company and a subcontractor, convictions and fines totalling more than $67,000.

Notices covering a range of safety issues issued by WorkSafe (8/11/2006)

WorkSafe inspectors issued 71 improvement notices and a prohibition notice during light night operations in central Bendigo on friday and saturday night.

Unguarded shaft on pump leads to a man’s death at Whorouly (8/11/2006)

A man has died after his clothes were caught in an unguarded shaft on a pump at Whorouly, in north-east Victoria.

Pro Shine Australia fails to implement WorkSafe Improvement Notice requirement; fined (6/11/2006)

A Braeside panel repair business has been fined $1000 fine and ordered to pay costs of $750, without conviction, after failing to implement the requirements of a WorkSafe Improvement Notice.

Guard equipment to avoid death: WorkSafe (3/11/2006)

The deaths of two men in unguarded machines in a matter of days has prompted a WorkSafe warning to ensure equipment is protected.

WorkSafe inspectors to carry a week-long program of safety inspections in Campbellfield (31/10/2006)

WorkSafe inspectors will carry out a week-long program of safety inspections in Campbellfield in the week beginning November 20.

18th annual WorkSafe Awards presented to ordinary Victorians for workplace safety (30/10/2006)

Ordinary Victorians, with an extraordinary commitment to making workplaces safer, were recognised for their achievements at the 18th annual WorkSafe Awards.

Explosion at commercial construction site at Niddrie (27/10/2006)

A man remains in a serious condition in the burns unit at the Alfred Hospital, four days after an explosion at a commercial construction site at Niddrie.

Tieman receives special commendation in WorkSafe Awards (27/10/2006)

An invention that makes it safer for truck drivers forced to change 80kg tyres has seen Keon Park company, Tieman Industries, receive a special commendation in this year’s WorkSafe Awards.

Dingley’s Australia Pacific Paper Product wins award for best solution for a health and safety risk (27/10/2006)

Dingley’s Australia Pacific Paper Products was, like many large Victorian manufacturers, trying to manage safety in areas where forklifts and pedestrians were forced to share the same workspace.

Stretching exercises leads to a safer workplace (25/10/2006)

As part of Work Safe Week (October 23-27), taking some time out for a stretch and to look at potential office hazards is a good investment for workers and employers alike.

Nubrik convicted and fined (23/10/2006)

Nubrik has been convicted and fined $45,000, after a man’s arm was badly broken in an incident at Nubrik’s tile manufacturing operation in Dandenong on 30 June, last year.

Fine issued to builder for failing to comply with safety notice (23/10/2006)

A litany of safety breaches and failing to comply with a safety notice issued by a WorkSafe safety inspector at Warrnambool, has cost a builder and his wife a total of $11,000 in fines.

Work Safe Week 2006 to be held between 23-27 October (23/10/2006)

Victorians have been urged to use Work Safe Week, as a time to remind them about what is important about going to work, and that is coming home safely to family and friends.

Incidents prompt WorkSafe to issue warning about working with flammable products (18/10/2006)

A dentist suffered third degree burns to the face and hands after an explosion at a surgery in Reservoir. The incident has prompted WorkSafe to issue a warning about the need for extreme care to be taken when working with ...

Victorian WorkCover Authority’s prosecutions database available online (11/10/2006)

Details of prosecutions for breaches of Victoria’s Occupational Health and Safety, and workers compensation laws can now be found online.

WorkSafe to conduct a programme of safety inspections in Portland (11/10/2006)

WorkSafe inspectors will be carrying out a week-long programme of safety inspections in Portland and surrounding areas next month.

Worksafe to check concrete pumping equipment; campaign to begin in October (26/09/2006)

Concrete pumping equipment and operations on construction sites will be in the spotlight as part of a new WorkSafe campaign, set to commence in October. WorkSafe Safety Inspectors will be checking pumping equipment to ensure ...

Victoria safety campaign aims to prevent pain (14/08/2006)

WORKSAFE'S latest 'Safer Work Zones' campaign comes to Collingwood, Victoria within weeks. Ten inspectors will visit small and medium sized Collingwood businesses from September 4-8. WorkSafe Victoria said past experience ...

New guidance material for the labour hire sector (9/08/2006)

NEW information aimed at making Victoria's labour hire sector safer has been released by WorkSafe. There are two publications available: 'Labour Hire Agencies: Managing the safety of on-hired workers' and 'Host employers: ...

WorkSafe helps farmers stop falling (31/07/2006)

WHETHER working on a ladder, on top of a shed, windmill, truck or silo the potential consequences of a fall from height are not hard to imagine. 'Falls Prevention in the Agriculture Sector' is WorkSafe Victoria's new 31-page ...

Cost of silence (27/07/2006)

WHAT'S the cost of not picking up the phone? Concern about legal action might tempt someone not to report a workplace injury to authorities, but it's a risky strategy, WorkSafe's Executive Director, John Merritt, WorkSafe ...

Safety campaign a success (27/07/2006)

A FOUR-day safety campaign in Echuca has been hailed a success with 97 businesses visited. Eight inspectors took part in the campaign which also included a joint operation with police in which 70 trucks and other commercial ...

Unfamiliar fork-lift controls a danger (11/07/2006)

WorkSafe has warned the owners and operators of forklifts to be aware of potential safety risks when hiring or buying equipment with control pedals different to those used before. Employers have obligations to assess and ...

Australian Mining: Safety Brief (6/06/2006)

Australian Mining: Safety Brief

Man killed, another hurt in building accident (5/05/2006)

WORKSAFE is investigating Victoria's seventh workplace death in less than two weeks after a structure collapsed at Canterbury this morning.

Electrocution death on workers’ memorial day (3/05/2006)

WORKSAFE Victoria and EnergySafe are investigating the third electrocution death in Victoria in a little over a week and the fourth this year. This incident occurred at a property in Mudgeegonga, north of Myrtleford. A 52-year-old ...

Employers and workers told "get the basics right" (2/05/2006)

The fifth Victorian workplace death in a week has led WorkSafe to call on workers and business operators to go "back to basics".

Closing date looms for WorkSafe Awards (1/05/2006)

With only a few days before nominations for the 2006 WorkSafe Awards close (May 12) WorkSafe is calling on employers and employees for whom safety matters to enter.

Magistrate warns companies to match safety intent with practice (24/03/2006)

Dangerous unguarded conveyors which resulted in two people being hurt in just four months has prompted a magistrate to warn employers that safety policies had to be backed up with action.

Let’s consult about workplace health and safety, or else (22/03/2006)

WorkSafe Victoria is campaigning to increase awareness of the value of consultation, which became a requirement of the Occupational Health and Safety Act on January 1.

Construction death at Pakenham (9/03/2006)

A man aged in his late fifties died yesterday at Pakenham when a concrete slab toppled and hit him on a building site. It was Victoria's first work-related death in the construction industry in 14 months.

WorkSafe Victoria Awards now open (28/02/2006)

WORKSAFE Victoria is keen to give credit where it's due and encourage those who are working hard to make their workplaces as safe as they can be. Nominations for this year's WorkSafe Victoria Awards are now open.

Learn to work safe in food (27/02/2006)

Worksafe Victoria will hold an occupational health and safety (OHS) workshop featuring experienced safety managers and WorkSafe inspectors on 22 March.

Seatbelt safety for forklift drivers gaining momentum (14/02/2006)

Forklift accidents have resulted in a huge number of injuries with an unacceptable number ending in death. Jacqueline de Lacy reports for Manufacturers’ Monthly on one simple way to reduce these figures; the simple seat ...

Victorian company fails to protect falling worker (8/02/2006)

A Portland (Victoria) building company was fined more than $5,600 as a 'reminder' to ensure the safety of employees working at height in the construction industry. Portland Magistrate Michael Stone fined G.R. Carr Pty Ltd ...

Safety campaign targets East Gippsland (1/02/2006)

A WorkSafe safety campaign in February will focus on a region extending from Bairnsdale to Orbost and west to Stratford in Victoria.

Unheeded warning costs an eye (24/01/2006)

AUSTRALIA'S largest private rail freight operator has been convicted and fined $50,000 after a railway maintenance worker lost an eye at work, despite a 1997 consultant's report that identified the work practice as 'high ...

Workplace bullying workshops (24/01/2006)

WORKSAFE Victoria is stepping-up its campaign to stamp out workplace bullying with a series of information workshops being held across Victoria. Sessions will be held at Preston, Horsham, Melbourne (CBD), Traralgon, Geelong ...

Major retailer fined after injury to worker (24/01/2006)

WOOLWORTHS Limited has been convicted and fined $100,000 for inadequately training a young worker who was seriously hurt while lifting a 20kg bag of onions. Woolworths pleaded guilty in the Melbourne Magistrates court on ...

New duties for Victorian employers (17/01/2006)

VICTORIAN employers will be affected by the introduction of new health and safety laws from January 1 2006, which are aimed at reducing the injury rates in workplaces. The new provision is 'The duty of employers to consult' ...

WorkSafe safety campaign to focus on Hamilton (10/01/2006)

WORKSAFE inspectors will be in Hamilton in February as part of a ‘Safe Towns’ campaign to improve workplace health and safety. The Hamilton Safe Towns project is part of a broader WorkSafe campaign designed to reduce the ...

Heavy penalty for company after molten metal explosion (23/12/2005)

FAILING to address known safety hazards has cost a company a conviction and nearly $260,000 and a family years of pain and suffering after a man was badly burnt at a Keon Park (Victoria) foundry in June last year.

Verbal abuse of WorkSafe inspector leads to conviction and fine (23/12/2005)

A Kilmore (Victoria) businessman has been convicted and fined $3000 after pleading guilty to verbally abusing a WorkSafe inspector. WorkSafe's costs of $6,762 were also awarded against him.

Victorian company recognised for “having a go” (22/12/2005)

A Hamilton (Victoria) company and its employees have won a $5000 prize for staging a successful activity during Work Safe Week in October. The prize came with some free advice for other businesses about how to stay in front ...

Ammonium nitrate licence deadline approaches (15/12/2005)

Victorian farmers, retailers and transport companies using or handling products containing 45% ammonium nitrate, have a little over two weeks before the State's new licensing system comes into effect.

Retailers: beware manual handling risks (13/12/2005)

WORKSAFE is sending a pre-Christmas warning to retailers to control manual handling risks. The warning follows a Sale magistrate convicting and fining The Warehouse Group (Aust.) Pty Ltd (trading as ‘Clint’s Crazy Bargains) ...

Clothing industry outworkers awareness campaign (12/12/2005)

Clothing manufacturing businesses in Springvale, Victoria, will be visited from next week as part of a campaign to promote the safety and rights of outworkers.

Transport industry safety blitz (7/12/2005)

WORKSAFE will launch a state-wide blitz targeting the transport industry after the recent death of a truck driver who was crushed when a load fell from his vehicle. This death is Victoria’s fifth workplace fatality in five ...

The death of a man at Drouin in West Gippsland last week was the fourth regional work-related death in a month, according to Worksafe Victoria.

WorkSafe turns up the heat on sun protection (24/11/2005)

WorkSafe Victoria will begin enforcing sun protection on construction sites, following the launch of Working Safely in the Sun, a joint initiative with SunSmart, a program of the Cancer Council Victoria.

WorkSafe campaign targets industrial estates (9/11/2005)

WorkSafe has begun a one-month safety campaign targeting industrial areas in Melbourne's west, north and south-east. WorkSafe's Manufacturing, Logistics and Agriculture Program director, Trevor Martin said the 'heads-up' ...

Guide to handling bulky equipment (1/11/2005)

HANDLING of large, bulky and awkward loads is the subject of WorkSafe’s new guidance booklet, ‘A guide to the handling of large awkward or bulky items’.

Worker injured after forklift tips (25/10/2005)

Aman was treated for serious head injuries after a forklift tipped at Tullamarine, Melbourne recently. WorkSafe is investigating the incident as part of a major campaign aimed at increasing safety among forklift owners and ...

Fall prevention guide for scaffolders (19/10/2005)

WORKSAFE Victoria has released a new guidance note aimed at preventing falls among scaffolders. ‘Fall prevention for scaffolders’ recommends employers and workers apply the highest reasonably practicable level of fall protection. ...

Seatbelt campaign to target forklift drivers (7/10/2005)

A STATEWIDE campaign has begun targeting the use of seatbelts on Victoria's 85,000 forklifts. WorkSafe manufacturing logistics and agriculture program director Trevor Martin said that of 54 people killed in Victorian forklift-related ...

Ballarat Goldfields work safety award finalist (30/09/2005)

Ballarat Goldfields has been named a finalist in this year's WorkSafe Victoria awards. The Minister for WorkCover, John Lenders, visited the mining company, to congratulate the mine managers and workers.

New campaign to stop workplace bullying (28/09/2005)

WorkSafe is stepping-up its campaign to stamp out workplace bullying with the release of figures showing that reports of workplace bullying are rising in Victoria.

KFC in court over needle injury (20/09/2005)

Loading a garbage bag containing a used syringe left a 17-year-old KFC worker with a needlestick injury and three months of uncertainty, a magistrate has heard.

Man injured after forklift tips (16/09/2005)

A man is being treated for serious head injuries after a forklift tipped at Tullamarine this morning. WorkSafe is investigating the incident as part of a major campaign aimed at increasing safety among forklift owners and ...

Nitrate licences available from October 1 (8/09/2005)

PEOPLE who sell, store, transport or use products containing 45% ammonium nitrate should apply now for licences, which will be required after January 1 next year. The new licensing scheme is being introduced following national ...

Premier awards Victorian food (6/09/2005)

Victorian Premier, Steve Bracks recently announced the winners of the 2005 Premier’s Food Victoria Awards.

Collaboration raises the bar on forklift safety (26/08/2005)

The dangers of forklifts in Victorian workplaces are being highlighted in new industry guidance material launched recently by WorkSafe Victoria.

New era in workplace safety (4/07/2005)

WorkSafe, employers and unions have joined forces to call for a new commitment to workplace safety in Victoria. With a new Occupational Health and Safety Act coming into force on July 1, WorkSafe's executive director, John ...

Victorian LAA Logistics Lounge (24/06/2005)

The next Victorian LAA Logistics Lounge will be held on the June 28 and the topic for the evening will be OH&S. Discussions will be presented by Workcover's Trevor Martin, manufacturing and agriculture industry program director, ...

Get your “OHS” Act together (3/06/2005)

WORKSAFE has released a series of 10 information sheets on how the new Occupational Health and Safety Act affects Victorian workplaces. WorkSafe’s executive director, John Merritt, said the information sheets were part of ...

Shipping container crushes man to death (13/05/2005)

THE weekend death of a worker at Carisbrook in central Victoria has prompted a WorkSafe warning to the transport industry. A 42-year-old Maryborough man was crushed on Saturday, 7 May when a shipping container fell from ...

Forklift fatality takes workplace toll to nine (15/04/2005)

A man has died after being struck by a load which fell from a forklift at Laverton North. The incident, at a Hume Road cold storage warehouse, happened around 11:30am, yesterday (April 13). Forklifts have claimed 54 lives ...

WorkSafe Victoria Awards 2005 (17/03/2005)

WorkSafe Victoria is calling for entries to its annual Awards program, which recognises those individuals and organisations whose innovation and leadership raise the standard of health and safety. With six categories that ...

Package tackles work safety in car industry (17/03/2005)

The Victorian Minister for WorkCover, John Lenders, yesterday launched a $500,000 package to make Victoria's car manufacturing industry safer for workers. Mr Lenders said the project was part of $6 million WorkSafe program ...

WorkSafe takes safety message on the road (14/02/2005)

WorkSafe Victoria will hold a second round of briefings on Victoria's new Occupational Health and Safety Act from April after the first sessions were booked out.

Tractor rollover protection a life and death issue (11/02/2005)

A State-wide tractor safety campaign by Victoria's workplace health and safety regulator has revealed that thousands of Victorian tractors may still not be fitted with rollover protection structures (ROPS) years after they ...

Preventing falls no wasted effort (7/02/2005)

WorkSafe Victoria has released new guidance material aimed at reducing the number of falls in the waste and recyclables industry.

Fake ‘WorkSafe inspector’ warning (10/12/2004)

WORKSAFE Victoria is investigating reports of people posing as WorkSafe inspectors and touting services for other businesses.

New anti-fall regulations (10/02/2004)

WORKSAFE Victoria has launched new safety regulations which tighten existing rules on working at heights above two metres.

Forklift safety information pack (12/08/2003)

WORKSAFE Victoria has produced an information pack to help employers prevent forklift incidents through improved forklift traffic management. The free pack contains a guide, an interactive CD Rom and resources for workplaces.

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