PHOTO: After a string of work related fatalities, Minister for Industrial Relations and Work Health and Safety, Sophie Cotsis, has called for business owners to ensure their employees are always practising safe work practice (Image: NCA Newswire)
Workplace safety is in the spotlight and all for the wrong reasons.
Between January 29 and February 1 this year, there were five workplace fatalities in four days, three of which were in or close to the Western Plains region.
This disturbing statistic is a harsh reminder to employers about ensuring workplace safety and is an unfortunate blow out from the average of around one workplace fatality every week throughout the previous year.
But, of course, even one fatality each week is too many…