WorkSafe will implement an inspection program for the clothing and footwear retailing outlets throughout the 2014/15 financial year and will look at the businesses’ established safety standards.
A furniture retailer has been fined $30,000 after two of its employees were injured when an elevating work platform toppled over at one of its stores.
WorkSafe will soon start an inspection program focusing on safety issues in motor vehicle repair businesses.
A vegetable packing and export business in Wattleup has been fined $33,000 and around $1,200 in costs due to lack of machinery guarding which resulted to a worker’s thumb being crushed.
An inspection program for the catering sector will soon be implemented by WorkSafe WA.
A company in Newburn, Western Australia was fined $5500 plus costs for failing to identify the presence and location of asbestos at one of its worksites.
A scrap metal yard has been fined $80,000 and $3000 in costs over a worker’s death in November 2011 due to unsafe work environment.
An inspection program which will focus on the safety and health of labour hire workers in Western Australia will be conducted by WorkSafe WA. Safety inspectors will look at the safety conditions of labour hire workers and will also visit labour hire agents. “Whenever an inspector visits a WA workplace for any reason, the employer …
WorkSafe WA issued a reminder to ensure safety when returning to work after the festive season. Commissioner Lex McCulloch said employers and workers should not be complacent as nine Australians have already lost their lives in work-related incidents so far this financial year. “People returning to work after the festive break need to be especially …
A food company has been fined $11,000 and $1316 in costs over a young worker’s serious work injury in 2010. The company pleaded guilty in November for failing to provide a safe work environment, and was fined in the Bunbury Magistrates Court last week. The fine was reduced due to the employer’s guilty plea and …
A company manufacturing plasterboard products was fined $40,000 and more than $1800 in costs over a worker’s serious injury. The company pleaded guilty to failing to provide a safe work environment causing serious harm to an employee. They were fined in the Midland Magistrates Court on Monday. The incident happened in June 2010 when a …
Photo: SafetyCulture Library In celebration of Australia’s first Asbestos Awareness Month this November, WorkSafe WA issued a reminder on the hazards of asbestos to workers and the community. “Unfortunately we have the sad legacy of Wittenoom to remind us of the potential hazards of asbestos, but this has served to give us a strong commitment …
Commerce Minister Michael Mischin has today launched a new and updated version of workplace safety and health resource WorkSafe SmartMove. SmartMove provides free work safety resources to senior high school students and young workers who are about to enter the workforce on work placements, work experience or as school-based apprentices or trainees. WorkSafe WA Commissioner …
Photo: SafetyCulture Library A construction company was fined $65,000 over a workplace fatality near Esperance. The company pleaded guilty to failing to ensure that the workplace was safe for a person who was not an employee, and because of that failure, a worker died. They were fined in the Kalgoorlie Magistrates Court on Tuesday. According …
WorkSafe WA is looking closely at sleeper cabs in trucks involved in long distance trips after a truck driver died early this year. Inspectors who investigated the incident were alerted to problems with sleeper cabs and were prompted to investigate into this issue further. There were 16 Prohibition Notices issued to a transport company. Inspectors …
Photo: SafetyCulture Library A roofing company including its Director have been fined $100,000 and more than $2200 in costs over an incident in which a worker suffered serious injuries after falling from a roof. The roofing company and its Director pleaded guilty to failing to provide a safe work environment and because of that failure, …
A worker died in Bayswater Western Australia when he was crushed by the collapse of a ceiling at his workplace. Emergency crews were called to a waste management business at about 4.30 this afternoon but the worker in his 30’s died at the scene. Police and WorkSafe WA will be investigating the incident.
WorkSafe Western Australia has produced a poster that can be displayed in workplaces to raise awareness about noise-induced hearing loss as a part of Hearing Awareness Week 2013. The poster is an initiative of Commission for Occupational Safety and Health and can be downloaded free from the WorkSafe website. Ian Munns, the WorkSafe Acting Executive …
Workers were seriously injured yesterday when “fluke” weather hit a construction site in North Coogee yesterday about 2pm. A spokesperson for WorkSafe WA said that a part of a multistorey structure was blown down and workers received broken bones and fractures. Originally it was thought that a mini-tornado had caused the damage however the Bureau …
An inspection program in Western Australia is being conducted to look at safety standards in automotive repair workplaces. This program will be implemented throughout the 2013-14 financial year, and will focus on workplaces that carry out automotive body, paint and interior repairs. WorkSafe Director Joe Attard said the automotive repair sector is being targeted because …
Unions say more should be done to improve the work safety status of many workers in Western Australia. Unions WA secretary Meredith Hammatt was concerned with the recent WorkSafe data showing an increase in the number of workers suffering serious injuries requiring more than 60 days off from work. “There are still on average one …
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