As small businesses continue to struggle with high operational and living costs, there are calls to make at least one running cost free with concerns safety may be compromised to reduce spending.
While mining industry operators have experienced significant reductions in serious safety incidents through critical control management, there is still room for improvement as organisations learn the most effective ways to manage risks through the approach.
There has been a 56 per cent increase in workers’ compensation claims for assaults and exposure to workplace violence since 2017-18, according to a recent Safe Work Australia report. It found that there were 53,139 accepted workers’ compensation claims for being assaulted and 12,721 accepted claims for exposure to workplace or occupational violence over the past 10 years.
Farm life is no walk in the park—it's a sunrise-to-sunset grind that tests your endurance against the elements and demands. Every day is a new challenge, whether it’s braving the chill of a pre-dawn winter morning, working under the scorching summer sun, or wading through mud during a spring rain. In these conditions, what you wear isn’t just a matter of style; it’s a matter of survival.
SafeWork SA recently issued a safety alert following a surge in notices for safety breaches associated with machine guarding. In the first four weeks of the 2024/25 financial year SafeWork SA issued 29 notices for this type of offence compared to 120 during the entire previous financial year.
SafeWork SA recently issued a safety alert warning business owners in the agriculture sector about the dangers of working in confined spaces following the recent death of a farmer in a grain bin.
WorkSafe Victoria’s silica field team visited 52 industry sites in the past month – issuing 25 compliance notices and seizing more than 65 samples of suspected engineered stone, as well as products branded as porcelain and sintered stone, to test for silica and resin content.
The implementation of AI or generative AI tools within workplaces can impact both the perception and existence of psychosocial risks at work, according to RMIT.
Emergency service personnel and other professionals who are responsible for responding to incidents on high-speed roads experience higher fatality and incident rates, and also suffer from higher rates of post-traumatic stress disorder compared to the general population.
While work-related incidents can have a significant impact on workers and their employers, there is often a tendency to focus narrowly on immediate causes of incidents at the expense of the bigger picture when it comes to WHS investigations.
