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Reviewing Hazards around Plant & Equipment

In the past two months, WorkSafe Victoria has reported four fatalities involving workers who died in separate incidents while working around employer-owned vehicles, particularly company trucks. As the number of worker
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Ten ‘Critical Behaviours’ of Respected Safety Professionals

As a safety professional, one of the most important keys to our success is in how we interact with the teams we support, whether it is operational leadership or the workers
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Insult to Injury

Sometimes we think that the regulator wouldn’t fine someone who was injured or sole traders but it’s simply not true and here is a great example.  In a South Australian prosecution,
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BHP Fined for a Known Risk Injury

BHP Iron Ore Pty Ltd was fined $125,000 on 21 January 2022 after a contractor suffered a lacerated artery from being struck in the neck by a metal shard in September
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$400k Fine After Worker Crushed to Death

Meat processing company Midfield Meat Pty Ltd has been convicted and fined $400,000 over the death of a worker on a property at Dunkeld in 2017. The company was found guilty
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