Electronic fatigue diaries improve safety, but privacy issues raised; NHVR reviewing disaster-inquiry recommendations; Two work deaths linked to forklift attachments; and Safety rebate program expanded to cover bigger NSW businesses.
Employers can improve safety either by reducing heavy workloads, or ensuring workers with high job demands have the right experience and skills to manage them, the Australian Transport Safety Bureau has suggested in a report on an aviation near-miss.
Bis Industries has proven to be a leader in creating healthy and safe workplaces for the second consecutive year, after receiving a national award for tackling worker fatigue and keeping communities onside.
Seatbelt saves forklift driver's life; SWA releases sun-exposure guide, while workplace death toll tops 105; and ATSB releases rail safety video, as Canadian disaster prompts alert.
In this update, OHS Alert examines all the important OHS and workers' comp legislative changes made in the second quarter of 2013. We also recap the most significant court and tribunal rulings and other developments in each jurisdiction.
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