Safety issues

News (9)
  • Faulty flow switch and ignored alarm contribute to fluoride overdose
    A government report into an incident in which hundreds of South-East Queensland households received an overdose of fluoride in their drinking water has determined that it was caused by a mix of mechanical and human error.
  • Apprentice injured during mobile crusher maintenance
    The Queensland Department of Mines and Energy says a third-year apprentice has been injured while helping to maintain a mobile crusher at a mine.
  • DP World convicted for ethyl acrylate leak
    DP World Australia (formerly P&O Ports ANZ) has recently paid $80,000 after a damaged valve in a storage container leaked ethyl acrylate at its Coode Island terminal in Melbourne.
  • Workplace injuries cost $57.5bn in 05/06
    The ASCC has released a report that shows work-related injuries and illnesses cost Australians $57.5bn in the 2005–2006 financial year, amounting for 5.9% of Australia's GDP in that period.
  • Maintenance inspection engineer found negligent
    A recent court case involving the collapse of a bucket wheel excavator at a coal mine shows that engineers and maintenance personnel need to be thorough in performing seemingly inconsequential or minor services.
  • Champion sets five-year safety record
    Australian compressed air specialist Champion Compressors has recently chalked up five years without a ‘lost-time injury’ in any of its workplaces.
  • WA conference highlights corporate manslaughter
    Workplace ‘wellness’ is expected to be the hottest new buzzword at the inaugural WA Safety Conference, held in Perth from 12–14 August, but the program will also touch on much less optimistic issues like bullying and ‘corporate manslaughter’.
  • Work to live, come home to die
    Australia’s official workplace death toll — between 200 and 300 per year — could be just the tip of the iceberg, according to the Safety Institute of Australia.
  • Danger money for hazardous workplaces
    One third of employees believe their work equipment is hazardous but more than a quarter would compromise their health for danger money, a new survey shows.
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