Newsletter #389 (View other news stories)
WorkSafe campaign highlights forklift safety
Hamilton, Victoria, Australia
Thursday, 4 Dec 2008
WorkSafe inspectors conducted a safety campaign in Hamilton last month, focusing on issues such as inadequate machine guarding and forklift safety.
Over the past five years, more than 450 work-related injuries in Southern Grampians Shire have cost more than $9.56 million in treatment and rehabilitation costs alone.
Around 64 improvement notices were issued for a range of infringements including dangerous storage racks, inadequate fire protection and electrical issues.
WorkSafe’s Ross Pilkington says inspectors will return to Hamilton to check on compliance of safety improvement notices and carry out further visits in coming weeks.
"Coming into a busy time of the year, it’s more important than ever to get on top of safety issues and stay there."
Pilkington says people were often tempted to take shortcuts when they were most busy, but that was when mistakes were made and the chance of being hurt or killed rose sharply.
"Safety is not just WorkSafe’s issue or responsibility; it is an issue for the entire community; every day, not just when WorkSafe’s team is in the area."
Work-related injuries reported to WorkSafe cost the Victorian community more than $1 billion a year in medical treatment, rehabilitation and compensation costs.
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