OHS Professional E-News

Issue 114, 27 March 2012

Gaps in workplace health and safety procedures can be costly

With the new workplace health and safety laws in place in most jurisdictions of Australia, employers are exposing their businesses to hefty fines by dragging their feet on plugging compliance gaps, according to an employment lawyer.

Sue Pilkington

Worker deaths on the increase

The number of worker deaths notified to work health and safety authorities in 2010–11 is showing a 7 per cent increase on numbers from 2009–10, according to Safe Work Australia.

Sue Pilkington

Taking a proactive approach to asbestos management

Organisations which fail to proactively manage asbestos almost always incur a higher cost and loss of productivity, according to an expert in the area.

Sue Pilkington

Scaffolding collapse leads to $170,000 fine

A company in Victoria which altered the design of and subsequently overloaded scaffolding has been fined $170,000 after pleading guilty to two workplace safety charges in Victoria’s worst-ever scaffold collapse.

Sue Pilkington

WorkCover NSW issues forklift safety reminder

WorkCover NSW is urging all businesses and workers to take extreme care while using forklifts following a number of serious incidents in which workers have had forklift loads fall on to them.

Sue Pilkington

22 May

VIC Branch: Women's OHS Professionals Networking Breakfast

27 May - 31 May

AIOH Basic Principles of Occupational Hygiene Course

31 May - 2 Jun

Building Safety - Bridging the Gap

13 Jun

Brisbane Regional Meeting

18 Jun - 19 Jun

SIA LTD - Brisbane Conference





Safety Institute of Australia Limited Unit 2 217/219 Mickleham Rd Tullamarine VIC Australia 3043 PO Box 2078 Gladstone Park VIC 3043 Phone: (03) 8336 1995 Fax: (03) 8336 1179 Email: natadmin@sia.org.au Website: www.sia.org.au	Disclaimer: This e-newsletter may contain advertising, sponsorship, news items, views and opinions. Advertisers and sponsors are responsible for ensuring that material submitted for inclusion on this e-newsletter is accurate and complies with applicable laws. The Safety Institute of Australia Ltd will not be responsible for the illegality of or any error or inaccuracy in advertisers' or sponsors' materials or for the acts or omissions of advertisers and sponsors. The SIA is also not committed to nor takes responsibility for the views expressed in articles or opinion pieces herein.