Hazelwood CEO Graeme York said he was ``pleased'' an agreement had been reached regarding an application for order against industrial action, before the Australian Industrial Relations Commission.

Emergency services workers employed at Hazelwood Power Station by contractor Diamond Protection have been on strike for 10 weeks after a pay dispute with the contractor.

The commission became involved when more than 300 staff at Hazelwood stopped completing what they deemed to be `high risk' tasks because they did not believe workers hired to replace striking staff were properly skilled to protect them.

After the commission hearing, Mr York said the union had agreed to withdraw its proposed action.

``In return, IPRH has agreed to provide information on the qualifications and experience of the Diamond Protection emergency services officers who are currently performing the duties while other striking contractor employees continue their industrial action,'' Mr York said

``International Power Hazelwood also agreed with a commission directive to undertake an assessment of the safety risks and control measures appropriate for the Hazelwood site.''

He said the risk assessment would involve consultation with employees and elected health and safety representatives, and not with union officials.

``It is disappointing the CFMEU has not been able to keep industrial issues separate from health and safety issues throughout this dispute, and has continually tried to score petty points against IPRH instead of dealing with the real issues,'' he said.

``Even after agreeing a settlement in the commission, it seems the CFMEU feels the need to indulge in some more petty point-scoring with their one-sided accounts of events.

``In the meantime, their industrial dispute with Diamond Protection continues. We hope the union will focus its efforts on resolving that industrial dispute with the contractor in a responsible way by seeking realistic and affordable pay increases.''