Victorian WorkCover Authority has extended the release date for its self-insurance review draft report, and released a new information sheet on interstate workers and cross-border issues.
WA's new crane regulations will be amended early this year; the Commission for Occupational Safety and Health has released its strategic plan for 2004-07; and WorkSafe WA has produced new guidance on reducing manual handling injuries among formworkers.
ACT WorkCover has answered frequently asked questions about the Territory's new industrial manslaughter legislation and has published a hazard alert on two post vehicle hoists.
Following the passage of industrial manslaughter legislation in the ACT last month, the Australian Mines and Metals Association has given notice that it will strongly resist any moves to introduce the laws in other jurisdictions.
A second round of submissions to the review of Victoria's OHS Act has called for clearer employer deeming provisions; non-physical risks to be included in legislation; and a greater number of funded OHS incentives.
In two Victorian OHS prosecutions, a manufacturing company has been fined $84,000 after a work-experience student was seriously injured while operating heavy machinery, and a construction company was fined $30,000 for failing to take simple steps to secure a wall that collapsed on a worker.
