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WorkSafe has released three Health and Safety Solutions
View the Health and Safety Solutions
Handling and removing product from trays, racks or tins
Opening and closing heavy doors
Using trolleys
Help your employees check the things they can’t see
You don't expect your employees to start their day without ensuring they have the right tools, but what about checking the important things they can't see like high cholesterol, diabetes, or heart disease?
WorkHealth is offering free and confidential health checks that are delivered in your workplace by trained professionals, helping your staff to understand the risk of chronic disease.
Read more
Work Safe Week news
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Risky Business
WorkSafe is calling on people in the manufacturing, logistics, agriculture and retail industries to submit pictures of risky business. Each edition of Safety Matters provides a link to a risky business situation to remind people of the dangers of unsafe work practices. For more information or to send in your pictures of risky business email: safetymatters@worksafe.vic.gov.au
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Major fines for farmers caught burning rubbish
The Environmental Protection Authority (EPA) has warned farmers about the dangers of burning toxic material. The warning comes after a South Gippsland farmer burnt tiles on a pile of cypress. EPA officers were called to a property after receiving reports of black, billowing smoke. .
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SafetNet journal 176
The latest edition of the SafetyNet journal is now available.
View the journal
Safety in Australia eNewsletter
The latest edition of Safety in Australia’s eNewsletter is now available.
Read the eNewsletter
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Safe forklift operation
Workplace Health and Safety Queensland has issued a Safety Alert to inform employers and forklift operators of the need to operate forklifts in a safe manner.
View the Safety Alert
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Printing company fined over finger injury
A Cannington printing company has been fined $36,000 over an incident where a female employee had part of a finger amputated. Crystal Printing Solutions Pty Ltd was charged with failing to provide and maintain a safe work environment.
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Printer fined over fifth workplace injury
A suburban printing business has been convicted and fined in the SA Industrial Relations Court after pleading guilty to its fifth breach of workplace safety laws.
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Employer fined over mincer incident
An Adelaide Hills food business has been fined by an Industrial Court magistrate following an incident where a mincer amputated a female employee’s fingertip.
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Increased effort in occupational health and safety
The Minister for Workplace Relations, Lisa Singh has welcomed amendments to the Workplace Health and Safety Act 1995 that give authorised officers of employee organisations permission to enter workplaces for occupational health and safety purposes.
Read the media release
Safe handling in the workplace
Workplace Standards Tasmania has launched a campaign to promote the safe handling of dangerous substances.
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Download the poster
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Canada: Faller dies when struck by bucked tree
WorkSafe BC has issued a Safety Alert following the death of a tree faller. The worker was standing on a narrow ledge of a cliff to buck a windfall tree.
View the Safety Alert
Canada: Health and Safety Report
The Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety has released the October edition of its Health and Safety Report.
Read the report
For incidents around the world
Go to the Safteng website
http://www.safteng.net
Indian oil depot blaze continues to rage
Utility worker fatally electrocuted
Gas leak at Coca-Cola plant contained
Forklift takes plunge at marina
Fuel leak caused depot blast
Man dies at cement plant
Factory evacuated after ammonia leak
Power cut caused by a forklift that was too close to lines
Subscribe to Safteng.net incident alerts/weekly safety newsletter
http://www.safteng.net/subscribe_to_the_newsletter_alerts.htm
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Readers Please Note:
WorkSafe Victoria's Manufacturing, Logistics and Agriculture Industry
Program provides 'SafetyMatters' as an information service to inform and
assist people working within, or servicing the needs of the manufacturing,
logistics, agriculture and retail industry. Material from other
organisations is provided in good faith as representing the views and
policies of those organisations. It does not necessarily reflect the
policies of WorkSafe Victoria. Our primary aim is that of administrator
and enforcer of OHS legislation, to disseminate practical information and
advice to assist workplaces and help you manage your Occupational Health
and Safety (OHS) requirements.
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