SafeWork SA warns construction workers to make electrical safety a priority following an increase in the number of electric shock incidents reported in the past two years. In 2021-22, SafeWork SA was notified of 348 electric shock incidents, with the construction industry accounting for nearly a quarter of all electric shock... Read more.

Latest Safe Work Australia data shows 106 people have been killed at work so far this year.  Transport, postal & warehousing industry leads with 42 fatalities, followed by Agriculture, forestry & fishing with 22 fatalities. The Construction industry comes third with 12 fatalities. The Manufacturing industry has recorded seven... Read more.

Mainland Poultry Limited was sentenced today in the Papakura District Court, after a worker’s thumb was severed in October 2020. The south Auckland egg processing company has been fined $200,000 and ordered to pay reparations of $30,000 to the victim. While cleaning machinery, the worker’s thumb got caught between... Read more.

The Queensland Electrical Safety Office has released a new film highlighting the dangers of arc flash. Arc flash incidents occur frequently in Queensland, with the state recording the highest rate of incidents in Australia. In the past 11 years, there have been 47 serious incidents and one death. The... Read more.

The operator of Melbourne’s metropolitan rail system has been convicted and fined $100,000 after a worker suffered an electric shock while upgrading train lines in 2018. Metro Trains Melbourne Pty Ltd pleaded guilty to a single charge of failing to ensure, so far as was reasonably practicable, that the... Read more.