Safety Updates
2020
Update - new workplace health and safety laws - 10 February 2020
2019
Are you managing the risk of falling from a fragile roof in your workplace? - 23 January 2020
EGT Safety Alert 82: Heat Stress Awareness - 18 December 2019
EGT Safety Alert 81: Test Before You Touch - Isolation Checklist - 2 December 2019
The difference between compliance and certification in safety - 21 November 2019
Recent penalties for safety breaches - 8 November 2019
Work Health and Safety Bill introduces 'industrial manslaughter' offences - 12 September 2019
Working at heights - 15 August 2019
Identify the safety weaknesses in your business with this quick quiz - 1 August 2019
Silica - are you aware of the hazards? - 4 July 2019
EGT Safety Alert 80: Electric shock - contact between active and neutral - 5 June 2019
Clarification regarding the Apprentice Supervision Guidelines - 4 June 2019
New Code of Practice for FIFO workers - 2 May 2019
Revised Code of Practice for concrete and masonry cutting and drilling - 15 April 2018
2018
EGT Safety Alert 78: Electric shock - circuit identification failure - 14 November 2018
State Government to increase fines for workplace safety offences - 29 October 2018
19 year-old electrical apprentice dies after a 12m fall - 13 September 2018
EGT Safety Alert 76: Changes to Supervision and Live Work Laws - 23 July 2018
EGT Safety Alert 75: Electric shock - failure to test the tester - 6 June 2018
EGT Safety Alert 73 - Electric Shock (Neutral Conductor Back Feed) - 11 May 2018
New restrictions on working on or near energised electrical equipment – 9 May 2018
Asbestos in air conditioning ductwork – 6 April 2018
EGT Safety Alert 72 - Electric Shock - 19 March 2018
Load Restraint - National Transport Commission (NTC) updated load restraint guide now available - 8 March 2018
Be asbestos aware - free handbook for NECA members - 8 February 2018
EGT Safety Alert 71 - Heat is a Hazard - 16 January 2018
EGT Safety Alert 70 - Electric Shock Incident – 16 January 2018