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Insulation installers targeted in statewide safety blitz
Queensland Government electrical safety inspectors have audited more than 370 insulation installers as part of a statewide safety blitz, Industrial Relations Minister Cameron Dick announced Wednesday 20 January 2010.
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Breaking news
Ministers endorse model work health and safety provisions which now become the agreed model Act
The 84th meeting of the Workplace Relations Ministers' Council (WRMC), held in Melbourne on 11 December 2009, saw Ministers finalise the harmonisation of model work health and safety laws.
The following is an excerpt from a communiqué issued from the Australian, State, Territory and New Zealand Workplace Relations Minister's Council relating to the harmonisation of model work health and safety laws.
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The new Recreational Diving, Recreational Technical Diving and Snorkelling Code of Practice 2010
In responding to the needs of Queensland's diving industry, the Queensland Government has decided to combine both the Compressed Air Recreational Diving and Recreational Snorkelling Code of Practice 2005 and the Recreational Technical Diving Code of Practice 2002 into a single code, the Recreational Diving, Recreational Technical Diving and Snorkelling Code of Practice 2010.
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Industry insights
Ceiling hoists - a cost-effective solution to reduce people handling injuries in homes, residential aged care and hospitals
Workplace Health and Safety Queensland and the HealthSAFE committee are running a ceiling hoist workshop on Tuesday, 9 March 2010, at the Education Centre of Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital.
Back and shoulder injuries continue to be commonplace in the health and aged care sector, with about half of all injuries due to people handling. Nearly 2000 people each year sustain injuries that could have been prevented by using simple lifting equipment.
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Focus on Hendra virus continues
Workplace Health and Safety Queensland inspectors will be visiting horse-related businesses in Queensland in 2010, with a focus on horse veterinarians, in the ongoing campaign against the Hendra virus.
Inspectors will be carrying out assessments on how employers are managing Hendra virus risks, and providing information and advice to assist with Hendra virus risk management. The audit program will conclude in June 2010.
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Health and safety hotspots
SAFETY ALERT - Heat stress in outdoor workers
This safety alert highlights the hazard of heat stress for outdoor workers during summer following the death of a German backpacker working on a farm in the Wide Bay area.
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SAFETY ALERT - Lifting inserts for tilt-up and pre-cast concrete construction
Lifting inserts are specially designed and manufactured items, of controlled strength and ductility, which are cast into concrete elements for the purpose of lifting.
The purpose of this safety alert is to help minimise the likelihood of lifting insert failure in tilt-up and pre-cast concrete elements.
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Legal lessons
Company fined $65 000 over workplace fatality at Donnybrook
Scope Engineering Services Pty Ltd has been fined $65 000 after a worker died from being pinned under water on the floor of a pond at a sand plant in August 2008.
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Beachmere construction company fined $40 000 over worker injury
People First (Beachmere) Pty Ltd has been fined $40 000 after a worker was injured using a roller to compact fill on a local building site in May 2008.
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Compliance and enforcement
Workplace Health and Safety targets medium sized businesses
Workplace Health and Safety Queensland will visit every medium sized business in Queensland in 2010 and 2011 to check their compliance with the Workplace Health and Safety Act 1995 (PDF, 766 kB).
Businesses will be offered a free voluntary advisory session to identify workplace health and safety issues and develop better safety practices before the inspections take place.
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Have you got your new occupational licence? Old style paper tickets are now illegal
Do you or anyone you know still hold old style paper tickets issued prior to March 1992 which have not been converted to the new licence?
If so, it is important to be aware that these old tickets are no longer valid and it is illegal to perform work in the occupations covered by those certificates.
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Campaign corner
Free workplace health and safety workshops
Free workshops to boost the health and safety of workers in small businesses are being rolled out in Brisbane, Ipswich, the Gold Coast and some regional centres, including Cairns, Townsville, and Toowoomba.
The workshops give business owners and managers ideas and systems which they can put in place to make their workplaces healthier and safer.
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Brisbane conference to target better outcomes for employers (PDF, 2mb)
The Association of Self Insured Employers of Queensland is holding a major conference in March 2010, focussing on innovations and initiatives to help employers make lasting work safety changes.
The conference will be held 23-24 March at the Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre. For more information visit the ASIEQ website.
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