Tag: Worksafe
Umpire safety vests: Sale Netball Association addresses umpire abuse
Facing declining retention rates among junior umpires leaving due to abuse, the Sale Netball Association introduced safety vests to protect and empower them.
Abuse and...
Farmer Jack Armstrong talks managing workplace safety in agriculture
SHEEP and cropping farmer Jack Armstrong knows that in agriculture it pays to be proactive with safety, particularly when it comes to managing the...
Employers fined more than $16 million for safety breaches
Stefan Bradley
VICTORIAN employers are reminded they face serious legal consequences if they put workers at risk, after WorkSafe completed 153 successful health and safety...
Transport company charged after fatal Maffra fall
A transport company will front court in Sale after a worker fell from a grain truck at a Maffra depot in January 2022, and...
Giving the next generation a safer start
Narelle Beer
LANDING your first job as a teenager is a big deal. For me, it was at a popular fast food outlet. (Chicken, anyone?)
I...
Farm death in Cowarr
WORKSAFE is investigating a fatality in which a farm worker died after being crushed between a tip truck and a front end loader on...
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Ballot lines are drawn for May election
IT is party official. There are five candidates for the seat of Gippsland, and we now know where their names will be on the...
