WORKSAFE Victoria has released a new compliance code for foundry work to provide practical guidance to employers on how they can meet their duties under safety legislation.
22/09/2008
AUSTRALIAN Welding Solutions says high-profile disasters often serve to highlight the devastating consequences when poor welding practices and procedures compromise the integrity of entire structures.
05/05/2009
THE AUSTRALIAN Aluminium Council claims Australia can boost the aluminium industry while expanding renewable energy.
10/08/2009
THE MINERALS Council of Australia says 8570 smelting and metal refining jobs could be lost by 2020 under the proposed climate change legislation.
22/05/2009
THE AUSTRALIAN Conservation Foundation has called for the Federal Government to remove the industry assistance components of the renewable energy target legislation.
17/08/2009
THE Executive Committee and Board of the International Iron and Steel Institute (IISI) has again committed the industry to health and safety.
21/04/2008
THE AUSTRALIAN Steel Institute (ASI) has opened entries for its 2009 ASI National Occupational Health and Safety Excellence Awards until 31 July.
26/06/2009
SUTTON Tools’ health and safety committee has been named a finalist in the WorkSafe Victoria Awards 2009.
14/10/2009
THE HEADS of Workplace Safety Authorities (HWSA) say follow-up safety audits will be undertaken within the sheet/structural fabricated metals industries between June and August 2009.
03/06/2009
PRO-VISUAL Publishing is sending out free copies of its 2009/10 edition of the Metal Manufacturing Industry Guide to Safety chart.
09/06/2009
COMCARE has issued a safety alert after a slag pot dislodged from a slag pot carrier while tipping 38t of molten slag.
16/09/2009
THE Australian Steel Institute (ASI) has opened entries for its National Occupational Health and Safety Excellence Award 2008.
28/04/2008
WORKSAFE Victoria says Phyl Hilton from Toyota’s Altona Plant has taken out the Award for Health and Safety Representative of the Year in its 2009 Awards.
03/11/2009
JACKSON Products has acquired a Chinese welding safety products manufacturer based in Shanghai.
30/04/2008
THE AUSTRALIAN Steel Institute (ASI) has been awarded a grant by Workcover NSW to help improve steel handling safety.
23/10/2009
THE CONSTRUCTION, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union of Tasmania wants a government inquiry into safety at Nyrstar’s Hobart zinc smelter.
13/10/2009
A TOOLMAKER at Toyota’s Altona Plant is a finalist in the 2009 WorkSafe Victoria Awards in the category of Health and Safety Representative of the Year.
20/10/2009
WORKSAFE Victoria has issued safety guidelines for workers casting lead alloys in the manufacturing industry, warning against excessive exposure to lead.
28/07/2009
THE AUSTRALIAN Steel Institute says all three ASI National Occupational Health and Safety (OH&S) Awards winners for 2009 were presented awards at the Australian Steel Convention in Sydney.
10/12/2009
BRADKEN Resources has been fined $72,000 after a worker fell 1.2m into a storm water drain while cleaning inside a foundry.
24/02/2009