Logistics giant Linfox has been handed its second fine over $100,000 in six months, this time due to prosecution under federal occupational health and safety laws.
The 2009 Victorian Bushfire Royal Commission’s final report has recommended the state incorporate fire risks into town planning, standardise fire refuges and improve information sharing between responding agencies.
The National Offshore Petroleum Safety Authority has found that Australia’s offshore oil and gas sector is displaying early signs its headed for a serious incident.
The board of trustees at New Zealand’s Orewa College was slugged with two separate reparation bills of NZ$81,000 and NZ $55,729 over a boiler explosion at the school in 2009, which resulted in one caretaker’s death and another’s serious injury.
Federal Government safety regulator, Comcare, is pursuing the Australian Rail Track Corporation (ARTC) over the deaths of two members of the public who had crashed while driving on one of its maintenance access roads.
The United Kingdom’s offshore division of the Health and Safety Executive is renewing its inspection program of ageing offshore oil production facilities, citing them as a “significant risk”.
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