SUTTON Tools’ health and safety committee has been named a finalist in the WorkSafe Victoria Awards 2009.
14/10/2009
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 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
WORKSAFE Victoria has issued safety guidelines for workers casting lead alloys in the manufacturing industry, warning against excessive exposure to lead.
28/07/2009
WORKSAFE Victoria is investigating a fatality at the Sims Metal Brooklyn metal recycling factory on 14 January 2009.
15/01/2009
WORKSAFE Victoria says workers should not fit saw blades to angle grinders to use as cutting tools.
22/04/2009
A 31-year old welder has been seriously burned after a fuel tank he was welding at a Department of Sustainability and Environment Depot exploded.
22/04/2009
A PLUMBER’S van blew up at Chelsea Heights, Melbourne, after welding and cutting gas ignited.
23/10/2009
A man was struck on the head and killed by a piece of steel after a weld failed during an attempt to make an excavator bucket.
05/05/2008
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
WORKSAFE Victoria has issued a safety alert warning of the serious risk of injury or death if lifting lugs are not welded properly to internal crusher liners.
07/10/2008
WORKSAFE Victoria has made available the industry standard for safe design, fabrication, transport and erection of structural steel for buildings.
15/06/2009
WORKSAFE Victoria has released information on preventing injuries and fatalities around manual lathes.
28/09/2009
FRANK Schrever says metal manufacturers can ensure their metal lathes are safe with a combination of hard and soft safety controls.
05/08/2009
A MAN has been critically burned in an explosion at a steel recycling facility south of Perth.
13/02/2009
THE VICTORIAN government says it is building relations with China which could see $48m worth of contracts for the state’s automotive components manufacturers.
13/11/2008
THE VICTORIAN government has called on metal fabrication, welding and engineering workers to work in Wodonga, a city in north-east Victoria.
10/10/2008
SHEET metal company Maxitec has opened a dedicated office in Victoria to take advantage of the high concentration of fabricators and jobbing shops in industrial Melbourne.
20/02/2008
WORKSAFE WA says it is targeting the powder coating process for inspection.
26/08/2009
MAXITEC is increasing its presence in the Victorian laser cutting market by opening a new Melbourne office.
10/03/2008