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Safe Work Australia issues engineered stone ban warning

Posted on 2/07/2024
With the landmark ban on engineered stone coming into effect, Safe Work Australia has issued a warning about the harmful and significant costs of exposure to respirable crystalline silica generated when engineered stone is processed with power tools.
  

Engineered Stone Ban Comes into Effect to Safeguard Australian Workers

Posted on 1/07/2024
The Australian Institute of Health & Safety (AIHS) welcomes the nationwide ban on the use of engineered stone, effective from today, July 1, 2024.
  

$50,000 fine issued for fatal concrete boom pump failure

Posted on 27/06/2024
A concrete pumping company in Balwyn North, Victoria, has been convicted and fined $50,000 after a concrete boom pump snapped and fatally struck a worker.
  

Pool company fined $1.5 million for industrial manslaughter

Posted on 26/06/2024
A Queensland-based swimming pool company was recently convicted and fined $1.5 million after pleading guilty to industrial manslaughter regarding an incident in which a worker was killed by a mobile crane.
  

Serious incident prompts tailgate lifter safety warning

Posted on 25/06/2024
SafeWork SA recently issued a safety alert about the use of pallet trucks and tailgate lifters following an incident in which a worker was injured in the second serious incident this year.

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Media release

Engineered Stone Ban Comes into Effect to Safeguard Australian Workers

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Media Release: AIHS Announces Finalists for the Australian Workplace Health & Safety Awards 2024

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Dr. Simon Roberts Appointed as the New Registrar of the Australian OHS Education Accreditation Board

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The AIHS Celebrates Australia Leading the Way to Ban the Use of Engineered Stone

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Incidents and prosecutions

$50,000 fine issued for fatal concrete boom pump failure

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Pool company fined $1.5 million for industrial manslaughter

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Steel fabricator to spend $170,000 after crane incident

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$400,000 fine for exposing workers to silica dust

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Policy and legislation

Serious incident prompts tailgate lifter safety warning

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Safety alert issued after farmer killed by rotating rock-picker

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Safety alert issued after worker falls on construction site

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Food delivery industry warned about e-bike safety dangers

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