Consultations
SafetyLine NewsSally North – WorkSafe Commissioner
Workers are a business' most important asset. This edition of ThinkSafe Magazine aims to assist in making your workplace safer and provides an update on what our WorkSafe team has…...
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Landmark Study Report: Insights from the worker survey and interviews
The Landmark Study is a research and evaluation project on mental health, sexual harassment, emerging mine safety issues as well as workplace initiatives to improve mental health, wellbeing, culture and…...
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Protective clothing for welders: Ensuring safety in high-risk environments
Welding, grinding and working with hot materials pose significant risks to welders. WorkSafe has investigated numerous incidents where welders’ clothing caught fire during welding, grinding or contact with hot welded…...
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Quad bike safety
A personal story Winter 2016, seven years prior to becoming a WorkSafe inspector, I was riding a quad bike on a farm. I was going up a slope in the…...
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Controlling noise-induced hearing loss
Noise-induced hearing loss can occur when workers are exposed to high noise levels in the workplace. Some examples of noisy work include construction work, operating machinery in a factory, lawn…...
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WorkSafe events
As part of helping to educate the Western Australian workforce on health and safety, WorkSafe offers industry and topic-specific events and engages with attendees at agricultural field days and career…...
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Two industry forums for Safe Work Month 2024
This year Western Australia's theme for Safe Work Month was Health and safety is everybody’s business. WorkSafe hosted two in-person forums, each with the option to join online, featuring expert…...
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Meet James Walker: The 2024 Health and safety representative of the year
James Walker from WA Country Health Service (WACHS) was the winner of the Health and Safety Representative of the Year award at the WHS Excellence Awards 2024. James, a clinical…...
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Engineered stone ban and new regulations for all crystalline silica processes
Silicosis is a potentially fatal disease caused by inhaling crystalline silica dust. This can be generated during activities such as cutting, crushing, drilling, polishing, sawing or grinding products containing the…...
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Publication update
Since the last edition of Th!nkSafe magazine, WorkSafe has been busy producing new and updated guidance material. In case you missed any, these included: Health and safety alerts Forms Reports…...
