WORKPLACE-HEALTH-AND-SAFETY-QUEENSLAND
Friday 14 November 2008THE HIGH Court has refused a metal tooling company’s leave to appeal, opening the way for workplace safety prosecution of the business.
Thursday 06 November 2008METAL recyclers are angry after the NSW Department of Environment and Climate Change (DECC) dropped its support for a working group set up to design an end-of-life solution for LPG gas bottles.
Tuesday 07 October 2008STEEL galvanising company Korvest has been convicted and fined after two 2006 incidents in which its employees were burned by 450 degree molten metal.
Friday 15 August 2008A WORKER at Transblast Coating Services in Queensland had his legs trapped under 400kg of steel for 50 minutes.
Friday 08 August 2008A METAL foundry has been fined $100,000 for the 2005 death of a 21-year-old worker at its Henderson factory.
Friday 01 August 2008A NARANGBA metal fabricator has been fined $35,000 after a worker was injured at its steel manufacturing business in June 2007.
Friday 01 August 2008ACCUWEIGH has tested and serviced a set of heavy capacity industrial scales used at a Brisbane steel plant for weighing coils of colour bond sheeting.
Monday 28 July 2008ZINIFEX Port Pirie, the previous operator of the Port Pirie metal smelter has been found guilty of breaking workplace safety laws after a worker was killed at the facility in 2004.
Monday 28 April 2008THE Australian Steel Institute (ASI) has opened entries for its National Occupational Health and Safety Excellence Award 2008.
Monday 21 April 2008THE Executive Committee and Board of the International Iron and Steel Institute (IISI) has again committed the industry to health and safety.