Everything about confined spaces in one place.
This compliance code provides practical guidance on how to comply with your obligations under Victoria’s occupational health and safety legislation when your work involves confined spaces.
Occupational health and safety law has special requirements about working in confined spaces.
How to reduce or eliminate the workplace health and safety risks for employees working in confined spaces.
Thursday 26 June 2025
A telecommunications infrastructure company and one of its directors have been convicted and fined a total of $545,000 after the asphyxiation of a worker who was attempting to repair a gas leak at Bentleigh East.
Thursday 16 February 2023
A food manufacturer has been convicted and fined $20,000 following an incident where a worker was taken to hospital after being trapped by grain that surged from a silo at a Kensington worksite in June 2021.
Wednesday 14 December 2022
A stone importer has been convicted and fined $475,000 after a worker was fatally crushed at a Dingley Village warehouse in April 2020.
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