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The 2024 Work Health and Safety report from Safe Work Australia highlights progress and ongoing challenges in workplace safety, with key statistics on fatalities, injuries, and mental health claims underscoring the need for continued vigilance.

An employer has been convicted and fined after a worker died when two heavy stone slabs fell on him from an A-frame with a fatal lack of safety systems to stop them tipping.

SafeWork NSW's Code of Practice: Managing psychosocial hazards at work aims to promote mentally healthy workplaces in NSW.

The report sheds light on the characteristics and trends in workers’ experience of psychosocial hazards and mental health conditions in Australian workplaces.

The agreement includes safety improvements, donations, training, and the creation of industry guidance materials.

When a subcontractor’s employee was injured on a building site and the builder and subcontractor were hit with massive damages bills, the builder appealed. Read why the Court rejected the builder’s claims.

A major supplier of building and construction materials has entered into an enforceable undertaking with the regulator, after a man lost the tips of his fingers when they were caught in a lifting chain.

An employment tribunal has found that because a woman working from home was on an authorised work break when she tripped over a temporary fence outside her home office, her injuries were compensable.

A Melbourne builder has been fined $80k for not providing adequate fall protection. Learn how to prevent falls in your workplace.

A company has copped a record $2.1 million fine for recklessly engaging in conduct that placed a person in danger of serious injury.