In response to the prevalence of silica related diseases throughout several industries, a review and halving of the workplace exposure standard by Safe Work Australia for respirable crystalline silica was enforced in July 2020. Following this, the Occupational Health and Safety Amendment (Cr...

Many organisations may be involved with the logistics of dangerous goods, as a result you should have some knowledge in relation to Heavy Vehicle National Law for Chain of Responsibility (CoR) and the Australian Dangerous Goods (ADG) Code. The National Transport Commission (NTC) has some great t...

  As we transition through and hopefully away from the COVID pandemic there will be much written about the response and its effectiveness as well as recommendations going forward. Legal proceedings are likely to shape what is written. On July 22nd, 2022, WorkSafe Victoria announced that an ...

The recent prosecution of Marshall Lethlean Industry (MLI) is a reminder to all employers about the danger of presuming that a space not originally classified as a confined space, can gain those hazardous attributes through poor work practices. Furthermore, the use of any dangerous good in areas ...

Planning and preparing to respond to a range of emergencies is an essential part of managing health and safety. Australian Standard AS 3745: 2010 Planning for emergencies in facilities (as amended) defines an emergency as “An event that arises internally, or from external sources, which ma...