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We are pleased to welcome Eldeen Pozniak (Canada) and Alanna Ball to the SAFETYconnect speaker faculty. Early-bird registrations are now available alongside registrations for our Brisbane and Melbourne Breakfast Forums. A reminder to our subscribers that our LinkedIn Group includes 5,000+ members. Feel free to join, discuss and debate with thousands of your safety peers! No doubt there’ll be talk about the long-awaited ISO 45001 standard for occupational safety and health, which has now been earmarked for a March release date. We’ll be interested to hear feedback from industry.

Fatalities prompt confined space warning

WHSQ is reminding all workplaces of the dangers of working in confined spaces following a tragic incident in January where two men died inside a tanker. ...more


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NSCA Foundation Events

Mechanic run over while working on vehicle

A worker has been run over by the vehicle he was servicing on sloping ground. ...more

 

ISO 45001 to be published in March

It has been announced that ISO 45001 is set to be published in March. ...more

 

Company fined after woman hit by tree

A NZ tree removal company has been convicted and fined after a woman was hit by a falling palm tree. ...more

 

Trucking company gets harsher fine after appeal

An inadequate penalty handed to a trucking company has been successfully appealed by WorkSafe WA. ...more

 

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