Media Releases - New Hazardous Substance database release - 19 January 2005 ASCC OHS Working Group Discussions a Success - 19 July 2006 WIMS2-220929%20-%20OHS%20Working%20Group%20Media%20Release%2019%20July%202006....
Sprung - Uncomfortable seats in vehicles - Worksafe ergonomists are studying vibration in the coal mining industry in New South Wales to test the theory that it may be a risk factor for developing low-back pain. Under the microscope is whole-b...
Health and safety regulation means economic advantages - Worksafe - Occupational health and safety (OHS) regulation can mean general economic advantages, the head of Australia's OHS watchdog, Worksafe Australia, declared today. Chief executive Dr Ted Emmett was spea...
Death and disease figures - disturbing - A member of the interim National Occupational Health and Safety Commission (NOHSC) ten years ago, Mr Joe Riordan, has been appointed NOHSC chairman. The appointment was announced by Assistant In...
Proposed Code of Practice for the Control of Work-related Exposure to HIV and Hepatitis viruses - Public Comment Work Related Exposure to HIV and Hepatitis WorkRelatedHIV_Hep.pdf (914kb) Guidance to employers and workers regarding the minimisation of risks arising from work-related exposure...
NOHSC declares two new Codes of Practice and a Guidance Note for asbestos - The National Occupational Health and Safety Commission (NOHSC) has declared a revised Code of Practice for the Safe Removal of Asbestos 2nd Edition [NOHSC: 2002 (2005)] and a new Code of Practice for ...
National Construction Standard declared - The National Occupational Health and Safety Commission (NOHSC) has declared a national standard for occupational health and safety for the construction industry. The declaration of the National Standa...
Industry disregards health and safety - Disregard for occupational health and safety (OHS) laws is widespread in the construction industry, Worksafe Australia's senior industry adviser, Don McDonald, claimed today. This showed the industr...
Unions - employers - bureaucrats complacent - Australia's poor occupational health and safety record is a national burden and a national shame, the chief executive of the National Occupational Health and Safety Commission (Worksafe Australia)...
Workplaces show bias against disabled workers - Workplaces continue to discriminate against disabled people, co-ordinator of Worksafe Australia's HIV program, Ms Colleen Kelly, told a Sydney seminar today. Ms Kelly said workplaces fell short of r...
Burden on male health must be reduced - Worksafe - Male workers have the most hazardous jobs in Australia, the head of the national occupational health and safety watchdog, Worksafe Australia, said today. Speaking at the first national men's health ...
Agsafes new Code of Practice - Agsafe has announced the release of a new Industry Code of Practice for the Transport, Handling & Storage of Packaged Agricultural & Veterinary Chemicals. Further details are available on the Agsafe...
New Worksafe project to study workplace health status of Aboriginals and Torres Strait islanders - The first wide-ranging study of the occupational health and safety aspects (OHS) of jobs done by Aboriginals and Torres Strait Islanders in Queensland has begun. The health status of Australia's ind...
Lumbar problems in bedmaking studied - A new study on occupational health problems associated with bedmaking recommends higher beds would help reduce lumbar stress problems revealed during comprehensive assessments of single, double and ki...
Study finds back pain levels of grave concern - Small-scale, domestic building companies in Queensland have a poor understanding of the concepts of duty-of-care and self-regulation, a Worksafe-funded study reveals. Chief investigator, Dr Claire ...