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SafeWork NSW kicks off Safe Work Month with compliance operation focused on abattoirs

This year’s Safe Work Month theme is "Safe work is for life", reflecting the fundamental purpose of work health and safety: to protect workers’ lives, health and future.
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Company and director fined total of $48,000 after unsecured scaffolds exposed public to risk

Secura Scaffold Services Pty Ltd and director Nan Hu have been convicted and fined a total of $48,000 in the Industrial Court of NSW as a result of a prosecution by SafeWork NSW.
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SafeWork NSW strengthens efforts to support workers manage lead risks in Broken Hill

SafeWork NSW representatives and inspectors recently visited Broken Hill to meet with community stakeholders and conduct workplace safety inspections.
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Construction company fined $225,000 after cyclist fatality

NSW Kerbing Pty Ltd has been convicted and fined $225,000 in the Industrial Court of NSW as a result of a prosecution by SafeWork NSW.
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Company fined $140,000 after worker ejected from mobile elevated working platform

The proceedings arose from an incident in 2023, when a worker suffered serious injuries while working on a mobile elevated working platform which tipped from the back of a truck trailer.
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Minns Labor Government launches Psychosocial Advisory Service to address the rise in psychosocial incidents in the workplace

With psychosocial requests for service to SafeWork NSW more than doubling over the past five years and psychosocial incidents in the workplace on the rise, the Minns Labor Government has launched a ...
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Company fined $800,000 after workplace fatality due to mobile plant incident

ANJ Container Services and Bond Stores Pty Ltd has been convicted and fined $800,000 in the District Court of NSW as a result of a prosecution by SafeWork NSW. The proceedings arose from an incident ...
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Farm safety training pilot program

SafeWork NSW is collaborating with Farmsafe Australia to promote the AgCard in NSW. The AgCard is a pre-farm-employment training program designed to help farm employers and employees identify and ...
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SafeWork NSW offering online resources to strengthen understanding of due diligence

SafeWork NSW has published practical online tools to support officers to better understand their due diligence obligations under work health and safety laws. There is a legal obligation for officers ...
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Stone cutting company and director fined a total of $135,000 in relation to risk of exposure to respirable crystalline silica

Crystal Touch Masonry Pty Ltd and Raad Patti have been convicted and fined $75,000 and $60,000, respectively, in the Industrial Court of NSW as a result of a prosecution by SafeWork NSW. The ...
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Reasonably practicable

This page provides guidance on the interpretation and application of the term ‘reasonably practicable’ in considering the standard of health and safety that a person conducting a business or ...
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SafeWork NSW urges businesses to know what’s above and below when around overhead and underground services

SafeWork NSW is conducting a compliance program focused on ensuring businesses in the construction and utilities industries are working safely near overhead and underground services. As part of the ...