A worker has been injured and a business prosecuted, as a result of their Traffic Management Plan not documenting designated exclusion zones separating forklifts and pedestrians. The business had a traffic management plan that included a map of the workplace with arrows indicating the direction of truck movement, however, it contained no specifications in relation...
Vehicles and plant (equipment and machinery) within a workplace are a hazard to pedestrians. To reduce this hazard, it is important to have a current Traffic Management Plan detailing how plant, vehicles and pedestrians can safely interact in and around your workplace. In basic terms, a Traffic Management Plan is described as the introduction of...
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Safe Work Australia is seeking feedback on the operation of the engineered stone ban which came into effect on 1 July 2024 to help protect workers from exposure to respirable crystalline silica. As part of the consultation, Safe Work Australia would like to hear how the engineered stone ban is working in practice. They are...
Amendments have been made to the Occupational Health and Safety Regulations 2017 to establish a new high risk work licence specific to non-slewing telehandlers. Telehandlers are high risk plant that offer the load lifting capabilities of a forklift with the lifting range of a crane and are used across many industries including agriculture, construction and...
