Workplace Safety Equipment Feature Articles for Australian Industry

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Metal fabrication company fined after student partially blinded 10/26/2016

A Hunter Valley metal fabrication business has been fined $240,000 on appeal after a 15 year old work experience student suffered partial blindness from welding without eye protection. ...

Australian PMI®: manufacturing stabilises in September 10/6/2016

After a sharp drop in August, the Australian Industry Group Australian Performance of Manufacturing Index (Australian PMI®) regained 2.9 points to record a broadly stable 49.8 in ...

October is National Safe Work Month - time to get talking 10/6/2016

CEO of Safe Work Australia, Michelle Baxter, has recently launched 2016 National Safe Work Month in a video message that appeals to workers to save lives by having a conversation, ...

$25,000 back-pay for apprentice floor layer 9/29/2016

A western Sydney commercial flooring company has reimbursed an apprentice floor layer almost $25,000 after an investigation by the Fair Work Ombudsman found he had been underpaid ...

Safe Work Au announces evaluation of 644 workplace exposure standards 9/29/2016

Safe Work Australia has announced it will evaluate the workplace exposure standards for more than 600 chemicals to ensure worker health and safety in Australia is comparable with ...

How to deal with conflict on the factory floor 9/22/2016

What causes workplace conflict? Well, in its broadest sense, human nature.

Essential Energy fined $300,000 over worker death 9/15/2016

Essential Energy has been convicted and fined $300,000 following the death of an electrical worker at Bulahdelah in September 2013.

Engineers challenge Minister over Skilled Occupation listing 9/15/2016

The Government continues to allow companies to source engineers from overseas when thousands of Australian based engineers struggle to find work.

Ai Group leads high-level Industry 4.0 apprenticeship initiative 9/8/2016

"Ai Group is embarking on a major collaborative project that could reinvent apprenticeships in Australia."

New gas pipeline project in Qld offers jobs 9/8/2016

A new $80 million gas pipeline project in southern Queensland would offer 170 jobs, State Development Minister Anthony Lynham said 7 September 2016.

6 Great Podcasts for Manufacturing Professionals 9/1/2016

If you’re not up to speed with podcasts, they’re a great way to stay up to speed with anything and everything while, well, operating at speed.

Tax & workplace relations in building industry warrant early attention 9/1/2016

Improving Australia's tax system and changing the toxic culture in the building and construction industry need to be key priorities for the new Parliament, the Australian Chamber of ...

Roofing company fined after worker seriously injured in fall 9/1/2016

A Sydney roofing company and its director have been fined more than $60,000 after a worker was seriously injured when he fell from a roof in November 2014.

Roadmap to guide the way to workplace safety: SafeWork NSW 8/25/2016

SafeWork NSW recently launched a new work health and safety Roadmap for NSW which sets a number of ambitious targets to reduce the rate of injury, illness and fatalities in NSW ...

Construction safety project hailed a success, extended 3 more years 8/18/2016

A construction safety project that aims to improve safety and reduce red tape on Border construction sites has been hailed a success by NSW’s and Victoria’s safety regulators.

Manufacturing people power: full time or labour hire? 8/11/2016

With eCommerce and an ever-growing market of impatient customers expecting everything yesterday, manufacturing has never faced more challenges.

How to safely handle forklift loads: SafeWork NSW 8/10/2016

SafeWork NSW releases video on forklift load handling.

Sydney construction company fined after worker falls 12 metres 8/4/2016

A Sydney construction company has been fined $87,500 after a labourer fell 12 metres from a scaffold at a Lane Cove construction site.

FIFO workmates urged to ask R U OK? 8/4/2016

WITH up to 1 in 3 fly-in fly-out workers reportedly experiencing mental health difficulties[1], suicide prevention organisation R U OK? is urging workmates to support one another ...

SafeWork NSW issues ladder safety warning due to recent incidents 7/28/2016

SafeWork NSW has issued a reminder to NSW businesses to work safely with ladders after one worker was killed and four were seriously injured in falls over the past two months.

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