Tag Archives: safety

Tag Archives: safety

18/11

Health and Safety Penalties for Workplace Injuries: UK vs Australia

When a worker was killed on a building site in the UK, the company was fined £2.6 million early this year under tough new UK laws, but if the same worker had died in Australia, the fine may have been just $170,000. The UK government believes heavier health and safety penalties can reduce fatalities and…
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11/11

New Victorian OHS Regulations Coming Next Year

The Victorian Occupational Health and Safety Regulations 2017 will replace the regulations that have been in operation in Victoria since 2007 and are due to expire next year. New workplace health and safety regulations are currently being made in Victoria. They will come into operation in July next year. The Victorian Occupational Health and Safety…
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04/11

Workplace safety figures improve as WorkSafe month wraps up

While WorkSafe Month is about to wrap up, it’s important that we continue to focus on workplace safety and make it part of our everyday lives. While the number of workplace injuries have decreased by 25 per cent over the last decade, from 10,244 injuries recorded in 2005 to 7,644 recorded in 2015, there is…
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04/11

New program to help reduce preventable deaths

Returning home from work safely is something employees often take for granted, but workplace deaths can occur and most fatalities are preventable. To promote safe work in industries around the world, The University of Queensland is offering a new two-year Master of Occupational Health and Safety Science program from 2017. UQ School of Geography, Planning…
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