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Queensland tilt train drivers exposed to gas risk (21/8/2008)
Tilt train crews have been issued with gas masks after a driver of the 160km/h passenger express collapsed because of carbon monoxide poisoning.
Source: The Courier Mail
Government vet tested for Hendra (21/8/2008)
A Department of Primary Industries vet who pricked herself with the needle she used to euthanase a racehorse infected with Hendra virus has undergone hospital tests to determine whether she has contracted the deadly disease.
Source: The Brisbane Times
Bid to improve lot of student workers (21/8/2008)
Schools, employers and unions should sign a collective agreement to help students balance full-time study and part-time work, a forum organised by the Australian National Schools Network will be told today.
Source: The Age
AWU defeats council over WorkChoices (21/8/2008)
A court victory in Brisbane confirms the commonwealth can't make federal workplace laws to cover local council employees, a union says.
Source: The Age
Asbestos fund threatened by tax case: James Hardie (21/8/2008)
James Hardie says the fund set up to compensate victims of asbestos-related diseases is in a good cash position but future contributions could be under threat if it loses a disputed tax case.
Source: ABC
Hendra virus scare for vet after needle injury (20/8/2008)
A female veterinarian involved last week in putting down a racehorse which had recovered from the potentially deadly Hendra virus suffered a needlestick injury in the process and is in hospital.
Source: The Courier Mail
MFB denies claims of bullying (20/8/2008)
Half of the 10 assistant chief fire officers in the Metropolitan Fire Brigade are on personal or stress leave because of bullying, the firefighters' union claims.
Source: The Age
Man loses arm in sawmill accident (20/8/2008)
A worker has lost his right arm in an accident at a Victorian sawmill.
Source: The Age
Quarry tragedy victim named (20/8/2008)
The man killed in a work accident at a Central Queensland quarry yesterday has been named as 22-year-old Adam Douglas Schultz of Theodore, south-west of Gladstone.
Source: The Brisbane Times
18 miners dead in China accident (20/8/2008)
Eighteen miners are confirmed dead after a gas explosion ripped through a coal mine in north-east China, the State Administration of Work Safety said.
Source: ABC
McCain admits unsafe working environment (20/8/2008)
McCain Foods has pleaded guilty to failing to provide a safe working environment after an employee was injured at its Ballarat factory in Victoria's west in 2006.
Source: ABC
Official foresaw Beaconsfield mining disaster (19/8/2008)
Weeks before the Beaconsfield mine accident, a frustrated official with Tasmania's mining safety inspectorate warned that the body was so under-resourced that a "catastrophic event" was "only a matter of time".
Source: The Australian
Forklift accident fatal (19/8/2008)
A 48-year-old Surfers Paradise man has died in a forklift accident at a Carrara business in which he suffered severe head injuries.
Source: The Courier Mail
'Risk to life' after firefighters taken off front line (19/8/2008)
Firefighters have accused the State Government of risking lives by plundering rostered crews to make up a shortfall for corporate training.
Source: The Courier Mail
Man dies in quarry accident (19/8/2008)
A man has died in a workplace accident at a quarry in central Queensland.
Source: ABC
Companies fined $180k over Sydney building site death (19/8/2008)
A building company and an engineering company have each been fined $180,000 over the death of a worker on a building site in Sydney's west.
Source: ABC
Truck driver committed to stand trial over Kerang crash (19/8/2008)
A truck driver involved in last year's Kerang railway disaster in Victoria has been committed to stand trial on numerous culpable driving charges.
Source: ABC
Cancer-cluster school mission (18/8/2008)
Education and Health Department officials are to meet staff from a Hobart school at the centre of a cancer cluster scare.
Source: The Mercury
Voyager claim up for mediation, 44 years later (18/8/2008)
A former naval seaman who celebrated his 17th birthday a week before being part of the 1964 Voyager disaster is one of 13 claimants whose cases are being mediated in Melbourne from today.
Source: The Age
Snap tram strike looms (18/8/2008)
Tram drivers have called a snap strike for Tuesday, asking for extra money to compensate them for the stress of driving through the city.
Source: The Advertiser
Ambulance officer had nose broken (18/8/2008)
Ashford-based paramedic Libby Ferguson had a bone in her nose broken this year after being punched by an intoxicated patient.
Source: The Advertiser
Rann stands by WorkCover in spite of union criticism (18/8/2008)
Premier Mike Rann says he is standing by changes to WorkCover legislation, amid criticism from his own party.
Source: ABC
Pacific guestworker scheme to start this year (18/8/2008)
Federal Agriculture Minister Tony Burke has announced a three-year Pacific Islander guestworker scheme will start later this year.
Source: ABC
State worst on rail level crossings (15/8/2008)
More than half of all Australians injured in collisions at railway level crossings in recent years were in Victoria, a Federal Government report to be released today will show.
Source: The Age (Melbourne)
Pubs still too smoky despite ban (15/8/2008)
Workers in pubs and clubs are still exposed to smoke pollution more than five times over the World Health Organization's recommended limit, despite the introduction of smoking bans last year, a survey has found.
Source: The Sydney Morning Herald
Man trapped by 400 kg of steel at Carole Park workplace (15/8/2008)
A man has spent an agonising 50 minutes with his legs trapped underneath 400 kg of steel after an industrial accident at Carole Park last night.
Source: Courier Mail (Brisbane)
Smokers take last drag before alfresco ban (15/8/2008)
A smoke with a coffee on Fremantle’s cafe strip becomes a thing of the past today as the habit is banned from all council-owned alfresco dining areas at the risk of a $2000 fine.
Source: West Australian
Bullying, 24-hour shifts stressing out ambulance officers (15/8/2008)
Twenty-four-hour shifts and bullying are among a rash of new complaints outlined by stressed ambulance officers.
Source: Courier Mail (Brisbane)
Smoke-free areas still a hazy health hazard (15/8/2008)
Source: Herald Sun (Melbourne)
NSW pubs and clubs poured millions of dollars into outdoor smoking areas to comply with new laws, but a study has found air quality in many such areas remains 'poor' and a potential health hazard.
Georgian TV reporter shot by sniper while live on air (15/8/2008)
A reporter has been shot by a sniper while covering the Georgian conflict — with the dramatic footage appearing live on TV.
Source: Herald Sun (Melbourne)
Sexual bullying rife at work (15/8/2008)
Men are men still trying to kiss and cuddle co-workers and touch their breasts, buttocks, thighs and legs despite decades of education about sexual harassment, research shows.
Source: Adelaide Advertiser
Moisturisers — possible dangers (15/8/2008)
Moisturisers used by millions of people have induced skin cancer in experiments on mice, a new study says. Researchers at Rutgers University in New Jersey tested four common skin creams on gene-altered hairless mice exposed to heavy doses of cancer-causing UV light.
Source: Adelaide Advertiser
Inquest hears hatch failure contributed to deadly fall (15/8/2008)
A Rockhampton coroner has found the failure to secure a hatch contributed to the death of a worker at Queensland Alumina Limited in Gladstone three years ago.
Source: ABC News
Qld firefighters vie for top honours (15/8/2008)
Competitors will call on years of experience and training when they chase glory at the Queensland Firefighters State Championships in Toowoomba over the next two days.
Source: ABC News
'Engineering problem' grounds Qantas flight in Brisbane (15/8/2008)
Engine grounds another Qantas flight Related Story: Qantas denies 737s grounded because of safety concerns Qantas has confirmed an engineering problem forced the cancellation of a flight due to depart from Brisbane.
Source: ABC News
Review underway into super bug outbreak (15/8/2008)
The North Coast Area Health Service is confident it is winning the battle to eradicate the antibiotic resistant super bug, VRE, from Coffs Harbour Base Hospital on the New South Wales mid-north coast.
Source: ABC News
Authorities move to euthanase Hendra virus horse (15/8/2008)
Four horses died during the outbreak in July at the vet clinic on Brisbane's bayside. Qld man loses fight against destroying racehorse.
Source: ABC News
Tradie charged over kitchen exposure (14/8/2008)
A tradesman man from Brisbane's bayside is facing a further seven indecent exposure charges, including allegations he exposed himself to women while working on their kitchen renovations.
Source: The Brisbane Times
Workmates tried desperately to free trapped man (14/8/2008)
The workmates of a man who was killed in an industrial accident at a sandstone quarry yesterday tried desperately to free his body from beneath a piece of machinery, police say.
Source: The Brisbane Times
Two-tonne cage plummets 10 stories (14/8/2008)
Independent experts may be brought in to help investigate why a two-tonne metal cage fell 10 storeys at a city building site.
Source: The Advertiser
Blundstone admits to workplace safety failures (14/8/2008)
Tasmanian-based footwear company Blundstone has admitted failures in workplace safety after an accident at its tannery last year.
Source: ABC
Donnybrook quarry worker killed (14/8/2008)
A 27-year-old sand quarry worker has been killed in an accident near Bribie Island north of Brisbane this afternoon.
Source: ABC
Mine 'disobeyed' expert's recommendations: Inquest (14/8/2008)
An inquest has heard the Beaconsfield gold mine in Tasmania's north disobeyed the recommendations of at least three geotechnical experts in the way it extracted gold before a fatal rockfall two years ago.
Source: ABC
Tristar case dismissed (14/8/2008)
The Workplace Ombudsman has expressed disappointment with a court decision to dismiss its case against a company accused of keeping excess workers employed in a bid to avoid paying their redundancy entitlements.
Source: ABC
Qantas denies 737s grounded because of safety concerns (14/8/2008)
The Australian Licensed Aircraft Engineers' Association says Qantas grounded six Boeing aircraft overnight because of a missing clip in the forward pressure bulkheads, which could result in rapid decompression.
Source: ABC