Employers and workers need to take a zero-tolerance approach to workplace initiations and pranks, WorkSafe Victoria says.
12/02/2008
Layer Tech has been selected from over 130 entries as a winner of the 2008 WorkSafe Victoria safety awards.
01/12/2008
WorkSafe has released a new safety alert which highlights the danger of being crushed by the collapsible seat frame fitted to some Kooi-Aap truck mounted/piggyback forklift trucks (TMFs).
22/06/2010
Redline Towing and Salvage has been convicted and fined in the Melbourne County Court, after a worker was crushed while loading equipment onto the trailer of a truck.
04/05/2010
The road freight transport industry has joined WorkSafe Victoria to help develop a strategy and action plan to improve workplace health and safety.
24/03/2009
WorkSafe has announced a comprehensive program of intervention activities to take place over the next 12 months.
21/07/2008
Work Safe Week is being held from 27-31 October and it’s the perfect opportunity for you to get up to date with the latest information on health and safety in the workplace.
28/10/2008
Forklifts have killed 56 people and injured thousands in the past two decades, according to a leading industrial safety expert.
22/09/2009
Safety failings are costing lives and Victorian employers more than $1-billion dollars a year in treatment and rehabilitation costs for injured workers.
29/10/2008
Organisations that have excelled in workplace safety will tell their own stories at April's Safety In Action workplace safety trade show.
28/02/2008
One in three supervisors say senior management is not serious about safety and another 9 per cent are in denial, research commissioned by WorkSafe Victoria will reveal.
24/02/2009
With just days to go, organisers of the Safety In Action and Melbourne Materials Handling trade show predict thousands of new safety solutions across three acres.
25/03/2009
A FORKLIFT driver who filmed himself performing dangerous burnouts and wheelies and then posted it on YouTube was yesterday convicted of breaching safety laws.
17/11/2008
One in four truck drivers admit to having fallen off a truck and, despite the relatively low heights, the falls often break bones and can even cause severe head injuries. Solving the problem saw access specialist No Bolt recognised at the 2007 WorkSafe Victoria Awards.
01/08/2008
Despite new laws, growing workers’ compensation payouts and alarming statistics on psychological injury, most employers are unaware of their obligations.
11/04/2008
The Safety In Action and Melbourne Materials Handling trade shows are expected to continue to draw 10,000 or more visitors when they return to the Melbourne Exhibition Centre from March 31 to April 2.
03/02/2009