WorkSafe Victoria recently issued a reminder to employers and workers about the risk of falling objects, and that even a small falling object can hit hard with enough force of gravity behind it.
WorkSafe Victoria recently issued a safety alert reminding mine operators about the risks of high-speed bearing failure on mobile equipment. The alert was issued following an incident involving a haul truck operator at an underground metalliferous mine who was hauling material along a drive.
WorkSafe Tasmania recently issued a safety alert following an incident in which a worker was seriously injured when an excavator reversed over him as he was raking blue metal at a roadworks construction site.
WorkSafe Victoria recently issued a safety alert about controlling risks from the use of 4-in-1 buckets on skid-steer loaders following an incident in which an employee was seriously hurt while loading concrete rubble into a tip truck.
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.
NT WorkSafe recently issued a safety alert for electrical workers and residents to exercise caution when accessing meter boxes fitted with older style meters found in homes built before 2014. The alert was issued after Power and Water Service personnel have reported finding a number of heat damaged service fuse holders in meter boxes in territory homes.
For organisations looking to shift from lagging safety indicators to leading indicators, they must first address their preparedness, priorities and safety culture maturity level, according to recent research. Specifically, leading indicators must be adopted with a systems-thinking approach where they are developed and used in a work context involving people and technology, rather than merely focusing on human behaviour or identifying leading indicators for machinery or plant.
WorkSafe Victoria recently announced that employers and those responsible for prescribed equipment used outside of workplaces must notify the regulators of certain incidents involving a broader range of machinery. Importantly, high-risk machinery in common use such as tractors, quad bikes, forklifts, excavators and mining and quarrying equipment are now included.
Australia loses 41,194 work years annually due to work-related injury, disease and mental health conditions – the equivalent of more than 41,000 lost jobs – according to Monash University research. Published in the Medical Journal of Australia, the study aimed to quantify the national burden of working time lost to compensable occupational injury and disease and how working time lost is distributed across age, sex, injury and disease.
