Tag: WorkSafe
Council staff feel unsafe: report
Thirty per cent of Whittlesea council staff do not feel safe at work and the number of staff reporting psychological stress as...
Whittlesea council stoush escalates
Whittlesea council has accused former councillor Ricky Kirkham of attempting to undermine its staff and operations in the days following his resignation from council.
Mr...
Charges over waste stockpiles
The alleged mastermind behind the illegal dumping of millions of litres of dangerous chemicals in the warehouse that erupted in the 2018 Tottenham fire...
Electronic trackers to aid crackdown on illegal chemical waste stores
GPS trackers will be used to monitor chemical waste in a bid to crack down on the illegal storage of hazardous waste across Melbourne’s...
Hume council calls for crackdown on illegal stockpiles
Hume councillors are calling on the state government to make it a criminal offence to illegally stockpile chemicals, saying they are "sick” of fires...
More chemical stockpiles uncovered in northern suburbs
Another four warehouses in Hume are being investigated amid concerns they are being used to illegally store chemicals.
WorkSafe has revealed the contents of three...
WorkSafe clears Whittlesea council of bullying claim
A WorkSafe investigation has found Whittlesea council is striving to provide a workplace free from bullying.
WorkSafe conducted an investigation following media reports of alleged...
Chemical stockpiles being removed at Epping and Campbellfield sites
Illegally stockpiled containers of chemicals are slowly being removed from eight sites in Epping and Campbellfield.
A WorkSafe-led taskforce began removing the chemicals on Wednesday,...
Police investigate Mill Park industrial accident
Police and Worksafe are investigating the death of a worker following an accident at Mill Park factory on Thursday.
A 57-year-old Delahey man was found...