WHS & Young People
By Dean Wilson, WHS Safety Officer As we begin a new year, you may be welcoming new staff, many of whom will be young people embarking on their first job. In Australia, young…
Read moreWorker injured after angle grinder ‘kick back’
Article by Workplace Health and Safety Queensland In August 2020, a worker suffered a chest laceration when the angle grinder he was using ‘kicked back’. At the time, he was apparently cutting timber…
Read moreMeet Dean Wilson, TABMA’s WHS Officer
Dean has been part of the TABMA team since 2015, originally in the role of trainer but more recently in the role of Workplace Health and Safety Officer. This year has been somewhat…
Read moreWorker fined for reversing forklift without looking
A Queensland worker has been fined $3,000, without conviction, after CCTV footage showed him failing to look where he was going when he reversed a forklift into a colleague at a specialty…
Read moreWHS Management Plan, why it’s a must for every business
Workplace health and safety is at the forefront of everyone’s mind at the moment. The case involving insufficient traffic management where the directors were convicted of industrial manslaughter and fined $3 million, has…
Read moreMember Safety Alert | Traffic Management Plan
Last week sentencing was handed down following the first industrial manslaughter case in Australia following a fatality at the business in question. The sentencing should send shivers down any Director’s spine. The failure…
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