Latest occupational health News

Welfare cuts won’t succeed without healthier jobs
Consultation on Tasmania’s Health Worker Code of Conduct Welcome
Stonemason Fined $51,000 After Slab Falls On Worker
NT Fire And Rescue Chief Officer Announced
Vietnam veteran casts off after 54 years
Builder Charged Over Construction Site Fall Risks
Mobile GP Education Program expands healthcare impact in rural and remote Australia
Poultry Farm Charged After Conveyor Belt Death
Employers Cop $13.3 Million For Safety Breaches In 2024
Manufacturer Commits $130,000 To Safety After Injury
New NHMRC grant for Deakin research into occupational heat stress fuelled by rising temperatures
Wildfires ignite infection risks, by weakening the body’s immune defences and spreading bugs in smoke
Charges After Patient Death At Hospital
Charges after forklift hits worker at cured meats warehouse  
Brain monitoring may be the future of work – how it’s used could improve employee performance or worsen discrimination
Hospital charged after patient death in psychiatric unit  
Adapting To Climate Change: Feeling Heat
South Melbourne Town Hall Restoration – hazardous material removal works underway
Charges After Telehandler Incident Causes Brain Injury
My grandfather was ‘Mr Health and Safety’. His life’s quest to make work safer has been ridiculed – but the rise of…
FPT Earns 2024 EcoVadis Gold Rating for Sustainability Excellence for Its German Subsidiary
Fruit Grower Charged Over Cool Room Death
Company Charged After Worker Fatally Impaled
Company charged for staircase risk to workers with disability  
FPT Achieves 2024 EcoVadis Platinum Rating for Sustainability Through Its French Subsidiary
New PhD research targets coastal erosion, digital records, and green mining
Two Companies Charged After Worker Crushed On Platform
Charges After Fatal Balcony Fall During Renovation
Better Protection Against Abusive Parents At Schools
Charges Over Unacceptable Behaviour Towards Apprentice
Government and regulators need to act on contractor safety in the mining industry
FWO Commences Legal Action Against CFMEU And Official
Companies Charged After Kew Rec Centre Collapse
Charges After Worker’s Fatal Fall On Construction Site
Committed a workplace gaffe? You will survive it (and you may even get promoted)
Mixing it up: hybrid work models can offer the best of both worlds for worker wellbeing and productivity
Noodle restaurant fined $40,000 after dough mixer injury  
How researchers measure wildfire smoke exposure doesn’t capture long-term health effects − and hides racial disparities
Moore Street Building Fit For Use
Unsafe Excavation Found During Drain Inspection
Companies Charged After Skid Steer Loader Death
Bass Coast Shire Council Adopts New Art Collection Policy to Enhance Cultural Asset Management
Challenge for researchers to keep up with the green transition
Miles Doing What Matters: Fuelling a pipeline of hydrogen workers with new $15 million NQ training centre
Engineered Stone Seized After Ban Takes Force
Steel Manufacturer Fined For Multiple Safety Failures
Transformative $9.87m project to improve indoor air quality in Victoria 
WHO announces the 2024 updated Compendium of interventions on environmental health