Safety alerts

WorkSafe is issuing a reminder about the risks of spraying with paints containing isocyanates.

This safety alert is for employers in Victorian hospitals and other healthcare settings. It reminds them of the need to ensure employees have appropriate duress alarms and know where to find duress alarms and how to use them.

This safety alert is for employers at indoor climbing centres. It reminds them of the risks from climbing equipment. It also reminds them of the need to maintain safety standards during busy school holidays.

A WorkSafe reminder about the risks of operating powered mobile plant in or nearby water bodies.

WorkSafe is reminding employers about the risks when handling large, heavy electrical switchboards.

This WorkSafe reminder is for employers. It follows the death of an employee in an incident involving an elevated work platform (EWP). The reminder is that safe systems of work must be in place for the delivery and collection of EWPs.

This safety alert is a reminder for all quarry and mine operators. It is about the risks of failing to use safety devices when operating powered mobile plant. This alert focuses on the need to wear seatbelts in articulated dump trucks.

This is a reminder for businesses that sell plastic jerry cans and removable marine fuel tanks. The Dangerous Goods (Transport by Road and Rail) Regulations 2018 requires these fuel containers to comply with the Australian Dangerous Goods Code (ADG Code).

Quarry and mine operators must ensure that all plant is electrically isolated, tagged out and tested for dead before doing maintenance activities. Employees can suffer serious or fatal injuries when plant accidentally activates or stored energy releases.