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October 2022

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Award winners highlight Queensland’s healthy and safe workplaces

Winners of the 2022 Safe Work and Return to Work Awards have been congratulated for their commitment to keeping Queenslanders healthy and safe at work or getting them back to work safely.
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Olympic champion Hayley Lewis announced as Mental Health Ambassador

Workplace Health and Safety Queensland has named former swimming champion Hayley Lewis as their Queensland Mental Health Ambassador on World Mental Health Day.
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Farm safety calendar competition winners announced!

Primary school students have excelled themselves in Workplace Health and Safety Queensland’s annual Farm safety calendar competition and their drawings will now feature in calendars distributed across the state.
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New independent Work Health and Safety Prosecutor appointed

The Queensland Government has appointed Mr Simon Nicholson as the independent Work Health and Safety (WHS) Prosecutor for the next five years.
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New workplace coal dust standard commences in Queensland

From this month, the workplace exposure standard for respirable coal dust is halved, revised from a time weighted average of 3 milligrams per cubic metre (mg/m3) down to 1.5 mg/m3.
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Japanese encephalitis virus warning – mosquito protection more important as big wet summer starts

Workers and their families in communities west of the Great Dividing Range from the Burnett region to the Murray-Darling catchment are being warned to protect themselves from mosquitoes that may be carrying Japanese encephalitis virus (JEV).
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New resources to help workplace consultation

Consulting with workers and their representatives on work health and safety matters is a legal requirement. Workplace Health and Safety Queensland has resources to help duty holders comply with these obligations and encourage effective consultation processes.
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Enforceable undertaking to bring $145,000 worth of work health and safety improvements

A steel company involved in an alleged work safety incident on the Toowoomba Second Range Crossing construction project will fund major work safety and mental health initiatives after accepting an enforceable undertaking with the safety regulator.
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Safe immobilisation of vehicles audit campaign

Workplace Health and Safety Queensland inspectors will audit businesses in all industries across the state to assess how the risks of vehicles rolling away or moving unintentionally are being managed. Vehicle roll-away incidents pose grave risks to workers and others and unfortunately continue to occur across all industry sectors.
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Hardware store operator fined for failing to protect workers from a serious risk of fall

A hardware store company and its sole director were sentenced recently in the Townsville Magistrates Court for breaching section 32 of the Work Health and Safety Act 2011 having failed to comply with its primary health and safety duty.
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New film highlights small business success in workplace mental health

Small business operators often face significant psychological strain arising from high workload, compromised work-life balance and financial pressures.
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New policy helps employers improve recovery and return to work

The Australasian Faculty of Occupational and Environmental Medicine’s recent It Pays to Care policy paper looked at why better recovery and return to work outcomes are important and ways they may be achieved.
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Don’t let work Christmas parties spoil a safe working year

With many workplaces starting to organise Christmas break up parties, employers are reminded the 'silly season' is not an excuse to disregard normal safe work practices, including responsible service of alcohol.
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Case study: Ambassadors target violence and aggression against aged care workers

A pilot trialling the use of resident ambassadors in an aged care setting has shown reduced incidences of violence and aggression against care workers.
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Shift the conversation and change the future of work

Do you have a work safety story, opportunity, case study, or research that should be presented on the world’s stage?
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Mould in the workplace – how to combat health risks

With the Bureau of Meteorology tipping another wetter than usual spring and summer—and as humidity levels rise statewide, workplaces are reminded to guard against harmful mould build-up.
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Asbestos Awareness Week 21–27 November

This Asbestos Awareness Week (21-27 November), we’ll be sharing updates on the safe management of asbestos in Queensland including tips on how to work and live safely with asbestos.
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New automated guided vehicle technology at Carlton United Breweries

Forklifts and other mobile plant are a significant safety issue in many industries. Workers and bystanders can be seriously injured if these risks are not properly managed. On-site traffic management is a major issue for many different workplaces.
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Transport network forum focus on well-being

Chronic health conditions have a significant impact on the health, safety and wellbeing of workers in all industries and are the leading cause of mortality in Australian workplaces.
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