Employers are being reminded of their WHS duties for handling hazardous chemicals, after workers were potentially exposed to mercury during an improvised mining task. Meanwhile, Victoria has launched its Hazelwood-response plan.
Two men have committed nearly $73,000 to trialling a new safety system and other initiatives, after becoming the first business directors to enter a workplace health and safety enforceable undertaking in NSW.
An injured worker has failed to convince an appeal court that his employer was negligent in failing to train him on how to replace a specific piece of pipework containing caustic solution.
Workers in a number of natural-resource industries are at increased risk of prostate cancer, Canadian researchers have found. Meanwhile, a Spanish study has found that workers in one industry are six times more likely than others to die of bladder cancer.
A study of tunnel construction work has identified the types of workers exposed to high concentrations of hazardous ultrafine particles, which are associated with respiratory and cardiovascular disease.
Employers are being urged to contact their chemical suppliers to ensure they only receive GHS-labelled stock from 1 January. Meanwhile, an employer has been fined for failing to report a dangerous goods incident that left a worker with significant burns.
Workers and trainees at Victoria's notoriously unsafe Fiskville Training College were discouraged from raising OHS concerns, while WorkSafe's regulation of the site was "anything but proactive", a parliamentary inquiry has found.
