2 November 2024
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…...
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Mines statutory position exams are in full swing
The Mines Statutory Positions exams have been successfully running for most of 2024, with an impressive turnout. The majority of the exams have been fully booked shortly after being opened…...
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Traffic management on mine sites
The operation of mobile equipment and the interaction between plant, vehicles and pedestrians on mining roads present many hazards and risks to the safety of workers. Understanding the way traffic…...
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Fraudulent qualifications in the WA mining industry
Persons conducting businesses or undertakings (PCBUs), including mine operators, have an obligation to carefully assess the validity of qualifications, supporting documentation and training competency certificates, submitted by candidates applying for…...
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Cyanide safety and exposure management
WorkSafe Mines Safety recently discovered substandard control measures for cyanide use on mine sites. Cyanide is a fast acting, poisonous chemical that can exist as a solid, liquid or gas.…...
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Spotlight on WorkSafe inspectors
WorkSafe believes that every worker should have a workplace free from harm to their health and safety. WorkSafe inspectors play a pivotal role promoting safety within workplaces. Prior to coming…...
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Importance of reporting incidents involving dangerous goods
Prompt reporting of incidents involving dangerous goods is essential for safety and compliance in Western Australia (WA). Dangerous goods, whether flammable, explosive, toxic or corrosive, can pose risks to people,…...
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Annual analysis of findings and incidents at Major Hazard Facilities (MHFs)
Western Australia (WA) has some of the biggest, costliest and most complex industrial plants in the world. They supply vital energy, minerals and chemicals that are essential to modern living.…...
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Safety prosecution updates
Recent convictions Northern Star Carosue Dam Operations, Whirling Dervish underground gold mine Sentenced date: 8 July 2024 On 21 February 2020, two workers contracted to do clean up labouring tasks…...
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2023-24 Convictions
During 2023–24, workplace safety enforcement proceedings resulted in 14 convictions. Where incidents occurred prior to the introduction of the Work Health and Safety Act 2020, prosecutions were actioned under the…...
