Industry checklist - Orchards safety and health checklist
Use this easy-to-follow checklist to rate potential hazards and risks on your property and to help you control and prevent the risk of serious injury or...
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ThinkSafe magazine continues to raise awareness
The second edition of the department’s ThinkSafe magazine is now available online. In this edition, key articles include information on the new FIFO code of...
Safety alert 02/2019 Second quad bike related fatality on...
On 6 April 2019, a farmer was fatally injured after coming off a quad bike in Myrup near Esperance. The tragedy follows an earlier incident in December 2018...
Industry Checklist - Glass and glass products...
This checklist has been developed to highlight safety issues for workers engaged in manufacturing glass and glass product and provides information on how to...
Mentally healthy workplaces for fly-in fly-out (FIFO)...
This code of practice provides guidance on creating and maintaining a mentally healthy workplace through: providing an environment that promotes good health...
Lead work – take action now
On 1 October 2019, amendments to the Occupational Safety and Health Regulations 1996 (OSH Regulations) will come into effect. The amendments lower the blood...
Safety alert 01/2019 Collapse of truck mounted concrete...
In March 2019, a truck mounted concrete pump with boom (TMCPWB) collapsed on to an operator. The injured person had his leg pinned by the boom, causing leg...
Rigger fined $4000 over lack of safety controls
A rigger has been fined $4000 (and ordered to pay $10,000 in costs) over an incident in which two construction workers were crushed by a tilt-up panel in the...
Safe Work Method Statements
The Construction Industry Safety Advisory Committee (CISAC), a tripartite committee of the Western Australian Commission for Occupational Safety and Health,...
Scaffolding company fined $90,000 over worker fall death
A scaffolding company has been fined $90,000 (and ordered to pay $2100 in costs) over the death of a worker who fell through a skylight in the roof of the...
Government agency fined $90,000 over worker fall death
The State Government agency that operates HBF Stadium has been fined $90,000 (and ordered to pay $2100 in costs) over the death of a worker who fell through...
Company and Director fined over serious injuries to worker
A company that supplies and installs underground services and its Director have been fined a total of $69,500 (and ordered to pay a total of $4391.00 in...
