WHS Insider Newsletter - Air quality catastrophe sparks dangerous tech solutions
In a desperate bid to combat catastrophic air pollution levels, Delhi’s radical technological interventions are raising serious workplace health and safety red flags across the ...
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WHS Updates
- Safe Work Australia seek feedback on a proposal to reduce workplace exposure to aluminium welding fumes. Link
- Safe Work Australia launch a new interactive dashboard for workers’ compensation injury frequency data to aid employers in benchmarking. Link
- Safe Work Australia launch new online reporting tools to improve WHS performance assessment and will retire the LTIFR calculator in March 2025. Link
- SafeWork SA warn about the dangers of working from heights after two serious incidents. Link
- SafeWork NSW approve Registered Training Organisations like DLI Training to provide courses and issue Blue and Yellow Cards for traffic control and implementation in New South Wales. Link
- SafeWork NSW report recent incidents including a retired farmer crushed by hay bales, a worker fatally injured by falling objects, and a worker trapped under a quad bike. Link
- Workplace Health and Safety Queensland and the CFMEU investigate a serious injury incident at a Brisbane worksite managed by McNab, where a man was critically injured by a ute. Link
- Workplace Health and Safety Queensland investigate a serious worksite accident in Pinkenba where a man suffered life-threatening injuries. Link
- Workplace Health and Safety Queensland have updated its policy to require insurers, rather than employers, to provide information statements about workers’ compensation rights and responsibilities starting 1 January 2025. Link
- WorkSafe Victoria now include primary site uterine, cervical, and ovarian cancers as eligible progressive diseases for compensation under the Workplace Injury Rehabilitation and Compensation Act. Link
- WorkSafe Victoria charge a plumbing contractor and construction company after a worker was crushed by an elevated work platform at a Melbourne Airport construction site. Link
- WorkSafe Victoria charge multiple companies for safety violations, including a $475,000 fine for a caravan park after a camper’s death and charges against a company for unacceptable behaviour towards an apprentice. Link
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WHS Act
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WHS Trends
Staying informed about work health and safety (WHS) trends is vital for businesses aiming to adapt to evolving risks and regulations.
Air quality catastrophe sparks dangerous tech solutions
In a desperate bid to combat catastrophic air pollution levels, Delhi’s radical technological interventions are raising serious workplace health and safety red flags across the globe.
As PM2.5 levels soar to an unprecedented 60 times above World Health Organisation safety limits, the implementation of experimental atmospheric manipulation technologies presents a concerning precedent for workplace safety professionals.
The deployment of cloud seeding operations, involving the deliberate introduction of chemical agents into the atmosphere, creates significant occupational exposure risks for aviation and ground personnel. Workers operating in these conditions face potential respiratory hazards from both the pollution and the intervention chemicals themselves, with limited long-term health impact data available. Link
WHS Moves
- Ruslan Simpson leaves Safe Work Australia, where he served as Assistant Director, and joins ACCC as Assistant Director in Australia. Link
- Andrew Coyle joins WorkSafe Tasmania as a Senior Inspector from his previous role as a Human Resources Officer at Meander Valley Council in Australia. Link
- Abbey Bernard joins WorkSafe Victoria as the Talent Acquisition Lead. Link
WHS Jobs
- Safe Work Australia seek an Assistant Director in their People Strategies and Corporate Services teams, as announced by Rahul Chandrasekar, Director of Corporate Services. Link
- Workplace Health and Safety Queensland seek a Principal Inspector (AO6) in Roma with a salary range of $117,537 - $125,531 per annum. Link
- Dyers Distribution seek a Work Health and Safety Officer in Morwell. Link
- Nine seek a Health and Safety Business Partner in Sydney. Link
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