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Company sentenced after Chinese workers hurt
Injuries suffered by two Chinese guest workers in Australia on Section 457 visas have cost Campbellfield company, Lakeside Packaging Pty Ltd, a conviction and fines totalling $100,000 today. WorkSafe Victoria prosecuted the company which pleaded guilty to seven workplace health and safety charges.
Published Date: 02 Jul 2008
WorkSafe issues wild weather warning
Forecast high winds today should prompt builders and sub-contractors to ensure construction sites are not exposed to the risk of structural collapse in storm force winds predicted today. With the prospect of high winds, builders and developers must ensure uncompleted buildings and structures are well supported, WorkSafe s Executive Director John Merritt said.
Published Date: 25 Jun 2008
WorkSafe and Borders talk return to work with employers in the southern suburbs
WorkSafe and Borders talk return to work with employers in the southern suburbs. WorkSafe Victoria is hosting an interactive forum in Rowville on Thursday 26 June to help employers in Melbourne s south and south east make the most of their WorkSafe Agent s
Published Date: 23 Jun 2008
Fatal falls: two deaths in two days
WorkSafe is investigating the deaths of two men in two days after falling from height at work. A 60-year-old Blackburn South man died in hospital on Wednesday after falling from racking at a Nunawading business on June 3.
Published Date: 20 Jun 2008
Another fall protection failing sends construction a message
An eastern suburbs company and its director have been convicted and fined a total of $17,000 for failing to provide appropriate fall protection at a Northcote home renovation project. Maurice McCutcheon, the director of McCutcheon Builders Pty Ltd, pleaded guilty to one charge laid under the Occupational Health and Safety Act.
Published Date: 19 Jun 2008
Company to be sentenced after Chinese workers hurt
A Campbellfield company has pleaded guilty to seven workplace health and safety charges after two Chinese workers in Australia on section 457 visas suffered serious injuries in 2006. WorkSafe prosecuted Magistrate Charlie Rozencwajg will sentence the company on 2 July. The charges related to the company s failure to provide and maintain a safe workplace, its failure to properly train
Published Date: 16 Jun 2008
Dangerous tractors without rollover protection are still to be found on Victorian farms a decade after a push to have them made a thing of the past.
Dangerous tractors without rollover protection are still to be found on Victorian farms a decade after a push to have them made a thing of the past. Dangerous tractors without rollover protection are still to be found on Victorian farms a decade after a push to have them made a thing of the past.
Published Date: 06 Jun 2008
Fall from height costs Drouin company $12,500
Failing to ensure a truck driver used a fall prevention harness has resulted in a conviction and $12,500 fine for West Gippsland company, Evison Grain. Truck driver Murray Reid was employed by Evison Grain when he had a heart.
Published Date: 06 Jun 2008
Helping Ballarat s employers improve return to work outcomes
WorkSafe Victoria and the Ballarat Regional Occupational Safety and Health Group BROSH are hosting an information session next Thursday 12 June aimed at helping employers in Ballarat and surrounding areas understand how they can achieve return to work success in partnership with occupational rehabilitation providers.
Published Date: 06 Jun 2008
Wangaratta company found not guilty on OHS charges
A County Court jury has found a Wangaratta company not guilty of charges laid under the Occupational Health and Safety Act. Australian Country Spinners Pty Ltd was charged by WorkSafe after a worker lost several fingers in a workplace incident in January 2004.
Published Date: 02 Jun 2008
