Today Safe Work Australia released nine packages of national guidance material to support the model Work Health and Safety (WHS) Act and WHS Regulations. The topics are: Workplace traffic management Managing cash-in-transit security risks Managing risks in forestry operations Industrial lift trucks Amusement devices Safe design,...

Today, Safe Work Australia released the Work-related fatalities associated with unsafe design of machinery, plant and powered tools, (2006-2011) report. Of the 523 fatalities examined in this study, 36 per cent or 188 fatalities were found to be either definitely or possibly design-related, meaning that these fatalities would...

Today at 3 pm Mark McCabe from WorkSafe ACT, Professor Helen Lingard from RMIT, and Dr Ross Trethewy from Lend Lease will discuss how companies in the construction industry’s supply chains can work together to apply safe design principles and improve work health and safety outcomes. Exploring how the safe design of construction...