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An emergency plan is a written set of instructions that outlines what workers and others at the workplace should do in an emergency. An emergency plan must provide for the following:
• emergency procedures, including: Read Full Article

A Canberra corporation has been fined $1.1 million for safety breaches that led to worker's death. Read Full Article

Under the WHS Act (NSW and other jurisdictions) if there is a work related serious injury or illness, a death or a dangerous incident, you must report it to WorkCover immediately and notify your insurer within 48 hours. Read Full Article

A magistrate has found a sign installer guilty for his role in the collapse of a brick wall in Melbourne that killed three people, and issued him with a $7,500 fine. Read Full Article

A man has been electrocuted in an industrial incident in Mackay in north Queensland. Read Full Article

There were 19 work-related notifiable fatalities during May 2014 — 13 male workers and 4 male bystanders, and 1 female worker and 1 female bystander. Of these fatalities, 6 workers and 5 bystanders died as a result of incidents in the air or on public roads. For further details see the Notified Fatalities Monthly Report May 2014. Read Full Article