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Photo of Federal Safety Commissioner David Denney giving a speech at the Master Builders Australia 2021 National Business Excellence Awards 23 February 2022Federal Safety Commissioner David Denney urged companies at the Master Builders Australia 2021 National Business Excellence Awards to strive for…
Photo of a construction worker in high vis clothing sweeping gravel on a road 14 February 2022The Federal Safety Commissioner’s WHS Accreditation Scheme Snapshot presents up-to-date data analysis on a quarterly basis. Since the Scheme began, 2…
Lifting diagram 21 December 2021The Federal Safety Commissioner’s final webinar for 2021 was held on 24 November. The session was hosted by Federal Safety Officer Ralph Willson,…
Photo of a construction worker looking at a site plan 24 November 2021The Federal Safety Commissioner’s WHS Accreditation Scheme Snapshot provides up to date data analysis on a quarterly basis. This quarter marks the…
Woman construction worker with helmet and safety vest holding a tablet 17 November 2021As part of OFSC’s Hazard 2020 safety campaign, over the past year we have hosted a series of educational webinars on managing high-risk hazards…
Photo of a yellow Franna parked alongside a white 3 storey building 15 November 2021The 12-month campaign launched in October 2020 examined the two most frequent areas of hazard management non-compliance over the previous three years…
Photo of Building progress 134. At 47 Beane St. Gosford. September 2018 09 November 2021The Office of the Federal Safety Commissioner has developed a new Scaffold Checklist to help principal contractors manage risk when commissioning…
Image of a survey on a laptop 08 November 2021The Office of the Federal Safety Commissioner is launching a month-long survey about mental health in the building and construction industry. All…
Franna AT40 25 October 2021Articulated mobile cranes (colloquially known as Frannas) are the most common form of crane on Australian building sites. Incident and audit data…
Photo of an excavator working at a construction site on earthworks. 18 October 2021Today marks the end of the Office of the Federal Safety Commissioner’s (OFSC) Hazard 2020 safety campaign. Twelve months ago the Federal Safety…