Thursday, 19 December 2013 Chicken Treat Collie has been fined $11,000 (plus $1316.00 in costs) over an incident in 2010 where a young worker received serious burns. Pageys Pty Ltd – trading as Chicken Treat Collie – pleaded guilty last month to failing to provide a safe work environment, and was fined in the Bunbury […]
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Chevron unable to use Brolga camp amid safety fears
8th January 2014 Chevron has temporarily stopped using its Brolga camp near Wheatstone amid safety concerns raised by the Shire of Ashburton, regarding the camp’s close proximity to Macedon, which is now an operational gas plant. The 380-bed Brolga camp near Chevron’s $32.4 billion Wheatstone LNG project was used to house some of the 3000 […]
China launches new coal safety plan
7th January 2014 The Chinese Government has launched a new plan to increase safety at its coal mines in the wake of further tragedies. Over the weekend four people died in two coal mine explosions across the country and last month a gas explosion at an underground coal mine in western China’s Xinjiang region killed […]
New NZ WorkSafe website
16th December 2013 The official opening of the new department ‘Worksafe New Zealand’ has taken place on 16th December and aims to transform New Zealand-wide attitudes and performance in workplace health and safety. As part of this, the new ‘WorkSafe New Zealand’ website has been launched which features information and guidance, notifications forms, news research […]
NZ WorkSafe Inspectors investigate Forestry Fatality
19th December 2013. WorkSafe NZ inspectors are at the site of the forestry fatality reported this morning near Foxton. Inspectors specialising in forestry are on their way from Rotorua to assist them. “It is concerning that in the first week of WorkSafe NZ’s operations we have to deal with the 10th forestry-related death in 2013,” […]
AU Cert IV Training Courses
By USSA Global on December 23, 2013 in Archive, AS4801 Safety Management, Health and Safety Consultants Perth, Health and Safety Training, HSE News Australia, ISO 14001 Environmental Management, ISO 9001 Quality management, Latest News, OHSAS 18001 Safety management
USSA have released dates for the first two Australian Accredited HSE Training Courses. The courses are: Certificate IV in Work Health and Safety (WHS) beginning January 2014. This new course supersedes the old Certificate IV in Occupational Health and Safety. The second course being offered in the sought after Certificate IV in Security & Risk Management (SRM) […]
Serious Confined Space Accident on Dairy Farm
27th November 2013. Three people are in a critical condition and six others are injured after being overcome by fumes at a Victorian dairy farm. Two police officers and a paramedic are among a group of nine people injured in the industrial accident, on a rural property in Cloverlea, near Warragul in the state’s east. […]
Health and Safety Training Workshops in New Zealand
By USSA Global on November 27, 2013 in Health and Safety Auckland, health and safety Christchurch, health and safety Taranaki, health and safety Taupo, Health and Safety Training, health and safety Wellington, health and safety Whan, HSE News New Zealand
USSA Global will shortly be offering Health and Safety Training workshops in New Zealand. As a Registered Training Organisation (RTO), USSA Global can provide employers and employees with essential Health and Safety Training for the workplace. New Zealand is currently undergoing one of the most significant reforms to its health and safety legislation and enforcement […]
Tougher Enforcement Measures for Penalty Evaders
October 2013. According to Energy Safe’s latest bulletin, the amendment to the Electricity Act 1945 gazetted on 20 August 2013, has given the Fines Enforcement Registry greater powers for dealing with recipients of Infringement Notices who do not pay the modified penalty within twenty eight days. The new changes under the Fines, Penalties and Infringement Notices […]
Western Power fined $35,000 for unsafe installation
October 2013. According to Energy Safe’s latest bulletin, on 14 August 2013, Western Power pleaded guilty and was convicted and fined $35,000 plus court costs of $656.15, for connecting the electricity supply to a group of seven residential units in Bentley which caused the units to become unsafe. As part of its Strategic Underground Power […]