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  Safe Work Australia information and resources for returning to work
  As more Australian businesses prepare to return to normal operations, Safe Work Australia has published a significant amount of practical material on its website to guide businesses on how to…
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  Warning about vehicle loading cranes
  WorkSafe Victoria has reminded businesses about the risks associated with the use of vehicle loading cranes, following the recent death of a worker on a residential construction site.
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  Loading and unloading crush incidents spark alert
  WHS Queensland has issued an alert after two serious crush incidents this year.
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  Workers’ compensation for coronavirus
  NT WorkSafe has announced that the COVID-19 virus is likely to be considered under the disease provisions of the state’s Return to Work Act 1986, and could be compensable if…
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  Business fined $90,000 over leg injury
  A metal tubing manufacturer has been fined after a worker sustained serious leg injuries when he attempted to load a 350–400kg steel coil into a machine.
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  Businesses must help stop the pandemic
  On Tuesday 28 April, the world marked World Day on Safety and Health at Work, which for most countries had a greater level of significance with the current challenges faced…
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  COVID-19 control measures: How long should they be kept in place?
  As most organisations closely monitor the updates on controlling the COVID-19 outbreak, key considerations are what a ‘return to work’ will look like and what safety precautions will need to…
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  Inexperienced worker, who had not been inducted, killed on a construction site
  Inexperienced and young workers remain a vulnerable group in all industries, in particular the construction industry, as demonstrated by the recent sentencing hearing of a concrete pump contractor in SafeWork…
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  Minimising the risk of COVID-19 exposure in the building and construction industry
  The Public Health (COVID-19 Restrictions on Gathering and Movement) Order 2020 which commenced on 31 March 2020 prohibits, among other things: public gatherings of more than two persons; and the…
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  COVID-19 – Is it business as usual?
  With the coronavirus outbreak being declared a ‘Public Health Emergency of International Concern’ by the World Health Organisation (WHO), employers must take reasonably practicable steps to ensure the safety of…