WHS News

Toll Transport Pty Ltd has been convicted and fined $807,500 after a worker suffered serious injuries while trying to free a pallet stuck on a conveyor machine.

Andrew John Bucknell has been convicted and fined $157,500 in the Industrial Court of NSW following a SafeWork NSW prosecution over a fatal incident involving an olive harvesting machine.

Safe Work Australia is encouraging workplaces to turn discussions from National Safe Work Month 2026 into practical improvements that continue beyond October.

The Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority (APVMA) is not proposing changes to phosphine product labels following a joint assessment with Safe Work Australia of the transition to a lower workplace exposure limit.

Lawson Grains Pty Ltd has been convicted and fined a total of $210,000 in the Industrial Court of NSW following a SafeWork NSW prosecution over a workplace fire that injured a worker.

Shoring Co Pty Ltd has been convicted and fined a total of $170,000 in the Industrial Court of NSW following a SafeWork NSW prosecution over an incident in which a traffic controller fell into an excavation pit.

Week three of National Safe Work Month focuses on the lasting effects of work-related harm, support for recovery and return to work, and risks emerging as work changes.

A free program connecting workplaces with people affected by serious injuries and workplace deaths has launched in NSW for National Safe Work Month. Delivered by icare and SafeWork NSW, the Safety Speakers Program aims to change safety attitudes and behaviour through personal stories.

Construction company Top BCR Pty Ltd and its director, Cheuk Leung Leo Yan, have been convicted and fined a combined $122,500 after a wall under construction collapsed in gusting winds.

Rose & Co Services Pty Ltd has had its fine increased to $260,000 following an appeal over an aerosol can explosion that injured six workers in May 2023.