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WorkSafe Victoria will launch an advertising campaign in the Greater Dandenong area following reports that the manufacturing region was one of ten hotspots in the state.Greater Dandenong has a record high injury rate in Victoria, and a large billboard has already been put up on a local road to inform the public.
The area is home to approximately 40 per-cent of Victoria’s Manufacturing industry. The industry has a total of 780 workplace injury claims from July 2007 to June 2012.
The Manufacturing industry was home to over half of the incidents to happened in the manufacturing industry.
The most occurring injury was Misculoskeletal at 232, with ‘open would’ injuries in second place with 185.
In addition there were 45 amputations.
WorkSafe health and safety operations general manager Lisa Sturzenegger called for a more hands-on approach from workers and employers alike.
“Employers must get on the front foot by taking a preventative approach to identifying and controlling the risk of dangerous machines at their workplace,” she said.
“Workers need to ask questions and not take anything for granted.”
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Source: http://www.manmonthly.com.au/news/worksafe-targets-manufacturing-injury-hotspot
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