SafeWork SA recently issued a safety alert following an incident in which a safety lock on an automated machine was tampered with, which led to a serious crush injury. Inspectors recently attended a worksite where a worker had become trapped in an automated computer numerical control (CNC) machine and suffered broken ribs.
With the Christmas holidays fast approaching, WHS regulators are urging site managers and workers to not rush or cut corners when it comes to meeting end of year deadlines and to safely secure their sites heading into the Christmas break. Coming into the end of year, there can be a tendency on worksites around the state for employees to rush through jobs in an attempt to meet end of year deadlines, according to SafeWork NSW.
While the HSE job market has softened slightly over the past quarter, following a period of significant and sustained growth, job opportunities in the health, safety, wellbeing and environment sectors look promising in 2024.
Worsening economic conditions and worker shortages are placing increased pressure on WHS functions, with examples of WHS shortcuts, cost-cutting and an attitude of “nice to have if you can afford it” in many workplaces, according to a recent NSW Centre for Work Health and Safety report.
