WORKSAFE Victoria says it will be closing its OHS Consultant Directory on 12 April 2010.
07/04/2010
ENTRIES for the 2010 WorkSafe Victoria Awards will open in April, and the organisers want to hear from potential nominees.
08/03/2010
WORKSAFE Victoria says it is investigating an alleged assault of an inspector at the Lardner Park Fieldays on 26 March 2010.
30/03/2010
WORKSAFE Victoria says a team of workplace bullying prevention advisers will visit small businesses, providing free advice and tools to prevent bullying.
21/05/2010
OVER 150 people attended a WorkSafe Victoria seminar on bullying which took place on 25 March 2010.
26/03/2010
WORKSAFE Victoria is calling for entries for its 2010 awards program.
13/04/2010
Part of Work Safe Week, the seminars are designed to help Victorian workers, employers and businesses get up-to-date with the latest information on workplace health and safety.
18/09/2009
WORKSAFE Victoria is holding free training sessions on preventing and responding to bullying at work.
10/03/2010
WorkSafe Victoria has released a new guide focusing on the safety risks associated with air receivers.
30/01/2009
A FATHER and son have died after a metal windmill they were moving hit a 12,500V power line.
17/03/2010
TOYOTA’s Altona Plant health and safety representative Phyl Hilton has been named WorkSafe Victoria’s Health and Safety Representative of the Year.
02/11/2009
WORKSAFE Victoria has highlighted the need for gas alarms, after a 54-year-old man died while delivering beer kegs to a hotel cellar.
15/03/2010
WORKSAFE Victoria has issued a safety warning regarding metal shaping lathes, after a 26 year old man was struck in the head by a steel rod being shaped by a lathe.
21/04/2010
WORKSAFE has warned that obstructing inspectors, verbal or physical assaults will not be tolerated and that preventing them from doing their job will be followed by investigation or possible prosecution.
04/06/2008
WORKSAFE Victoria has warned companies and workers about the dangers of working in confined spaces after Depot Vic was convicted and fined $500,000 over a fatality.
12/01/2010
WorkSafe Victoria says a man’s arm was torn off at the shoulder at Traralgon last week when it was caught in a machine because it was not properly guarded.
25/08/2008
A FIREPROOF clothing business has been fined $135,000 after a worker suffered corrosive chemical burns to the face.
17/02/2010
BENDIGO Regional Institute of TAFE won the Best Solution to a Health and Safety Risk award at WorkSafe Victoria’s 2009 awards, for developing a Lathe Chuck Guard.
03/11/2009
WORKSAFE Victoria Director Stan Krpan will be talking about safety harmonisation during his 22 April 2010 presentation at the Safety in Action Conference.
29/03/2010
WORKSAFE Victoria says it has prosecuted two abattoirs and their contract cleaning companies after two cleaners suffered debilitating arm injuries.
31/03/2010