Injury symposium will explore major issues in safety at work - Worksafe Australia will host an international occupational injury symposium in Sydney later this month. It will explore major issues in workplace safety and injury by bringing together some of the lea...
USA to pass OHS baton to Australia for Olympics - The Sydney 2000 Olympics will benefit from workplace health and safety lessons learned by the Atlanta Games organisers. NIOSH (the United States National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health) ...
Media Releases - Injury Symposium Will Explore Launch of National standard aimed at eliminating major industrial incidents - 27 November 1996 Better labelling needed for common cleaning products - 2 October 1996 W...
Better Labelling Needed for Common Cleaning Products - "Poor label and MSDS information on commonly used cleaning products is increasing the risks of adverse health effects for users," said Warwick Pearse, Director of the Commonwealth Government's Nationa...
Injury symposium will explore - The acting Chairman of the National Occupational Health and Safety Commission, Dr David Rosalky, today launched a new national workplace health and safety standard developed in the wake of a series ...
Worksafe chief calls for national standards for coal mining industry - Australia's mining industry needs to take a national approach to standardising health and safety requirements as soon as possible, Worksafe Australia's chief executive, Dr Ted Emmett, urged today. S...
Work-Related Injury and Disease - A Significant Social and Economic Burden - About 2,900 people die in work-related accidents in Australia every year. Worksafe Australia's core functions include the collection and analysis of national occupational health and safety statistic...
Sit-in demonstration concludes - office chairs must have adjustable backrests - A definitive Worksafe Australia study, claimed to be a world first, has concluded that the backrest or lumbar support on office chairs should be height adjustable. The findings could mean long-term ...
Budget cuts will have adverse effect on national health - safety watchdog - Outgoing chairman of the National Occupational Health and Safety Commission (Worksafe Australia), Joe Riordan, has paid tribute to staff --- and criticised looming budget cuts. A former federa...
Worksafe cuts will have disastrous effect - Riordan - Proposed government cuts to Worksafe Australia were a serious attempt to muzzle Australia's workplace health and safety watchdog, chairman Joe Riordan has warned. "Available funds are to be cut by o...
Worksafe reinforces cancer warning - Dr Ted Emmett, chief executive of Worksafe Australia, the national occupational health and safety watchdog, welcomed any move to increase awareness among outdoor workers of the risks of UV radiation. ...
Hazard facilities code hopes to eliminate major incidents - Worksafe Australia's national standard and code of practice for the control of hazard facilities is expected to be made law by the States and Territories in the near future. The National Occupationa...