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22
Jul
General diving work – qualifications
General diving work qualification requirements have changed. People with AS 4005.2 – 2000 will need to either complete three additional units of competency or qualify through another pathway.
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08
Jul
Bulldozer company fined $375,000 for safety breaches
An international earth moving equipment company has been convicted and fined $375,000 after a worker received multiple severe injuries, including traumatic brain injuries, while servicing a bulldozer.
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16
Jun
Amendments to NSW work health and safety laws 2020
Read about the 2020 Work Health and Safety Amendment (Review) Bill that was passed following changes to NSW WHS laws.
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01
Jun
Business fined after fatal workplace incident
A SafeWork NSW media release about a building company and its subcontractors that were fined after a brick wall fell on two men, killing one and injuring another at a building site in Carlingford.
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26
May
Young workers suffer burns after biofuels ignite
A South Nowra motor vehicle repair shop was fined $135,000 for breaches of the Work Health and Safety Act 2011 after two young workers were injured while making biofuel.
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11
May
Sentence imposed in case involving tragic nitrous oxide mix-up
A man was convicted and fined $100,000 after pleading guilty after the death of one baby and serious injury of another at Bankstown-Lidcombe Hospital in 2016.
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14
Apr
Concrete pump operator fined $375,000 in relation to workplace fatality
SafeWork media releases
A Sydney concrete pumping company has been fined $375,000 by the NSW District Court while its director has been fined $10,000 after a worker sustained fatal head injuries when he was struck by an unsecured hose attached to concrete pumping equipment at a Fairfield building site.
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20
Mar
Business fined after steel tube hits unlicensed forklift operator
A Penrith manufacturer was prosecuted after a forklift operator was injured by an unsecured load.