The recent OHS Strategy Summit on the Gold Coast highlighted a number of concerns regarding the now in force national OHS harmonisation laws; probably the most significant reform to OHS legislation in the past 30 years.
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Rockwell Automation on the Move to open in Melbourne
The "Rockwell Automation on the Move" event in Melbourne will provide industry with a showcase of technology, products and services.
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Restricting access to chemicals for homemade bombs
Industry and community members have until 30 March to comment on proposed measures to reduce risks of common chemicals getting into the wrong hands and being used to make homemade bombs.
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OH&S Strategy Summit 2012 – Australia’s occupational health and safety event
The OH&S Strategy Summit is one of the premier occupational health and safety events in Australia.
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3,500 litres of milk contaminated: sabotage suspected
About 3500 litres of fresh milk may have been deliberately sabotaged, after penicillin was discovered in the product.
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Companies must declare use of dangerous chemicals, warns AMWU
A workers union is calling on manufacturers to lessen the amount of toxic chemicals they use in the factory, after workers at a truck assembly factory reported ‘side affects’ from exposure to a cleaning substance.
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National Safety Council to run OHS Harmonisation update
The National Safety Council of Australia will hold an update on the Work Health and Safety Act 2011 in Canberra on 1 March.
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VIC milk processing explosion causes $3 million damage
An explosion at a Victorian milk processing plant in the early hours of this morning has caused more than $3 million worth of damage.
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Food manufacturer fined $50 000 after worker’s hand crushed
One of Australia’s largest food manufacturers was convicted of failing to provide a safe plant and fined $50 000, after a worker's hand was caught in a machine.
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Free workshop to help injured workers return to work
Work Safe Victoria will hold a free workshop showing employers how to help injured workers return to work sooner.
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Semiconductor industry mourns loss of Micron CEO
MICRON Technology’s CEO Steve Appleton died on Friday 3 February in a small plane crash, aged 51.
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Orica repairs faulty compressor; resumes ammonia plant restart
Orica has resumed the restart of its Kooragang Island ammonia plant after repairing a faulty compressor.
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Australian Transport Safety Bureau investigates A380 engine failure
The Australian Transport Safety Bureau is investigating an uncontained engine failure on a Qantas A380, which cut out over Bantam Island, Indonesia, on 4 November 2010.
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Door failure causes 250,000-litre wine spill at Victoria factory
About 250 000 litres of wine poured out of a wine tank at a Victorian winery when a door failed.
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Sullair Australia achieves global goal with EH&S certification
Compressed air solutions and services provider, Sullair Australia has recently achieved accreditation from Lloyd’s Register Quality Assurance (LRQA) Australia for its Safety Management and Environmental Management Systems.
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Rockwell Automation “on the move” with Safety Automation Forum
One of the highlights of the Rockwell Automation on the Move travelling industry event will be a comprehensive Safety Automation Forum, which highlights leading machine safety automation applications.
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More trouble for Orica as EPA orders report on two factory fires
The Environmental Protection Authority (EPA) has ordered a report on two fires which flared-up at Orica's Kooragang Island explosives manufacturing plant this week.
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Safety Automation Forum within Rockwell Automation on the move
THE ROCKWELL Automation on the Move travelling industry event will include a Safety Automation Forum, highlighting leading machine safety automation applications.
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Welshpool manufacturing worker struck by rope press
WORKSAFE WA says a Welshpool manufacturing company has been fined $20,000 over an incident where a rope press shattered and struck an employee.
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How to stay cool (and save your life) in the factory this summer
GAS, equipment and safety specialist BOC provides advice to industry about how they can safeguard themselves from heat stress this summer - a must-read for all manufacturing workers.
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