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28
Feb
New campaign to improve workplace safety
SafeWork NSW has launched a new $3.2 million campaign aimed at making NSW the safest state to work in Australia.
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11
Feb
SafeWork urges workers to be safe in this weekend’s heatwave
With a heatwave predicted this weekend and temperatures above 40 degrees in many parts of the State on Friday, SafeWork NSW is urging workers and businesses to make their safety the number-one priority.
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21
Feb
Earthworks business fined $90,000 over worker injuries
A Bathurst earthworks business has been fined $90,000 for failing to comply with safety standards that led to two workers being injured in January 2015.
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16
Feb
SafeWork NSW fast-tracking asbestos assessments on bushfire damaged properties
SafeWork is waiving the five-day asbestos removal work notification timeframe to allow immediate clean-up of asbestos debris from the weekend’s bushfires.
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07
Feb
Quad bike safety body meets in Dubbo
An industry group tasked with improving quad bike safety in Australia will meet in Dubbo today.
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30
Jan
Start the working year injury free, urges SafeWork
With the school holidays coming to an end and the State’s workers returning from holidays, SafeWork NSW is encouraging businesses to make it a safe start to the year.
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30
Jan
Awareness campaign urges farmers to take up quad bike rebates
SafeWork NSW today launched an awareness campaign across regional NSW urging farmers to participate in the NSW Quad Bike Safety Improvement Program
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18
Jan
Engineering business fined $225,000 over worker’s death
A mechanical and engineering NSW business has been fined $225,000 over the death of a worker at its Cobar workshop in 2014. A 30 year old diesel mechanic suffered fatal crush injuries when a load frame from a 20 tonne underground haul truck slipped from its supports and fell on him at PJL Pty Ltd’s Cobar workshop on 16 May 2014.