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News


  • High risk construction work compliance findings

    SafeWork SA have released their 2020 report following compliance audits focussing on Safe Work Method Statements (SWMS). This coincides with acceptance of an enforceable undertaking associated with a worker falling more than 3 metres.
    14/10/20
  • Augusta Zadow Awards 2020

    Student co-designed workshops and VR training - winners announced for Augusta Zadow Awards 2020

    $25,000 has been granted to two projects to improve workplace health and safety for young people in the 2020 Augusta Zadow Awards.
    13/10/20
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    Incident at Daveyston

    SafeWork SA has been notified of an incident at Daveyston this morning.
    11/10/20
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    SafeWork SA ensuring workplaces with silica-dust breathe easy

    SafeWork SA has committed to a second-round of audits from October 2020 on silica dust exposure ensuring ongoing compliance within exposure limits and rectification of any previously identified issues.
    06/10/20
  • National Safe Work Month - Working together for health and safety this October

    Highlight your commitment to safe and healthy workplaces as part of National Safe Work Month

    October is National Safe Work Month – a time to commit to building and maintaining safe and healthy workplaces.
    01/10/20
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    Incident at Goodwood

    SafeWork SA has been notified of an incident at Goodwood involving a male in his 20s that received electric shock while working in a roof cavity on Thursday 28 September 2020.
    28/09/20
  • There's more to say after R U OK?

    Conversations that change lives

    10 September is R U OK?Day. The theme in 2020 is helping people to know what to say after R U OK? and how you can continue a conversation that could change a life.
    10/09/20
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    Incident at Edwardstown

    SafeWork SA has been notified of an incident at Edwardstown involving a fire extinguisher, resulting in serious leg injuries to a male worker.
    09/09/20
  • Continued focus for SafeWork SA on asbestos compliance

    SafeWork SA will be maintaining a strong focus on compliance with asbestos regulations across the State in response to yet another asbestos licence holder suspension.
    08/09/20
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    Charges laid after burns to young cafe worker

    A beachside café and one of its directors has been charged by SafeWork SA over an incident where a young casual worker was seriously burned in August 2018.
    17/08/20
  • Asbestos Assessor licence suspended

    SafeWork SA has issued a three month suspension to an asbestos assessor licence holder on Friday 14 August 2020.
    17/08/20
  • Farm Safety Week, 20-25 July 2020

    National farm safety week highlights the importance of business and industry working together to increase the wellbeing of Australian farmers through innovation and improved attention to health and safety outcomes.
    20/07/20
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