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Noise
Long term and frequent exposure to loud noise can permanently damage a person’s hearing, possibly resulting in deafness. Acute short term hearing loss can result from exposure to an instantaneous loud noise eg. an explosion, this may also have a long term affect. Noise Sources The first step in preventing hearing loss is to recognise Read More …
Asbestos in Imported Building Products
A prohibition notice has been issued to a building site in Sydney, following the discovery of asbestos in fibrous building panels imported to construct a residential building. The panels were imported from China and were thought to be asbestos-free, but subsequent testing by the National Association of Testing Authorities (NATA) has shown they contain chrysotile asbestos. Read More …
Company Fined $1.1 Million Dollars for Death of Worker
A construction company has been fined $1.1 million over the death of a truck driver in 2012 under new nation-al work safety laws. The truck driver was electrocuted when his tip truck touched low-slung power lines on a work site. The company was found guilty of safety breaches that led to the drivers death, including Read More …
Company Fined $5,000 for Injury to Apprentice
A flooring installer has been fined $5000 after a labour hire apprentice suffered serious cuts to his hand while using an unguarded saw. The company pleaded to guilty to failing to provide a safe work environment for a labour hire worker. The company was constructing a floating timber floor at a residential dwelling in Ascot. The Read More …
Appeal Over $375,000 Fine Dismissed
A Victorian engineering company which had been fined a total of $375,000 after three employees were injured in separate incidents had its appeal dismissed by the Court of Appeal this week. The company had pleaded guilty to two charges of failing to provide or maintain plant and systems of work that were, so far as Read More …
Compliance Online Website Now Active
Our Compliance Online website is now active and available to all subscribers and regular clients. The new website provides resources to assist you implement and maintain your safety and quality systems including: Links to relevant websites; News and updates as they happen; Document Templates; Safe Work Procedures; Safety Meeting material; Posters, motivators and videos; Helpdesk, Read More …
Proposed new Workers Comp Laws for Queensland
The Workers’ Compensation and Rehabilitation and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2015 was introduced into Par-liament on 15 July 2015. The Bill implements the Queensland Government’s election commitments for Restoring the Rights of Queenslanders Injured at Work. If passed by Parliament, the Bill will achieve the Government’s commitments for workers’ compensation matters by amending the Workers’ Read More …
Converting to High Risk Work Licences In South Australia
SafeWork SA is urging workers to convert any Certificates of Competency or old style tickets issued between January 2005 and September 2010 to the national high risk work licence before the deadline of 1 September 2015. This is the final year of the five year transition period for workers to convert their qualifications to the Read More …
Lockout and Tagout
Lock Out/Tag Out programs are used to prevent contact with a hazard while performing tasks that require the removal, by-passing, or deactivation of safe guarding devices, and the unintended release of hazardous energy (stored energy), or the unintended start-up or motion of machinery, equipment, or processes. Lockout Lock Out is the control of hazardous energy Read More …