Two young Aussie tradies have spoken to the media about developing life-threatening conditions from working with engineered stone products. The rise in silicosis cases is nothing short of an ‘epidemic’,
Company directors jailed, business fined £100K over “cutting corners” and falsifying records
A British asbestos management company has been fined after prosecution by the HSE, while two of its employees have been jailed for ‘failing to protect workers from asbestos exposure’ during
Asbestos manufacturer under fire for “playing down” risks
One of the United Kingdom’s largest asbestos manufacturers has been found to have withheld detail on the risks the material posed, while also “playing down” the dangers it holds, while
Worker killed in workplace accident in NZ West Coast
A man has died after a tree fell on a digger in a workplace incident on a farm near Harihari on the West Coast. Emergency services were called to the
Police investigate malicious spiking of sawmill logs
Tasmanian Police have commenced investigations as reports of “deadly” tree spiking in logging areas begins. The process involves driving bolts or nails or other pieces of metal into trees that