NSW employers will have to provide workers' compensation insurance for trainees from January, and changes to Victorian legislation clarify what constitutes a compensable injury.
A South Australian court has upheld a heavy fine against a one-man company for an incident in which a crane toppled over due to a miscalculation of its load, despite the fact that nobody was injured.
A Queensland employer has relied too heavily on a contractor to ensure safety at a worksite and deserved a substantially higher penalty following a fatality, a court has ruled.
An employer that showed it had provided thorough hazard and risk assessment training to its workers has successfully pleaded not guilty to OHS charges.
In a case that highlights the importance of acting on known OHS risks, a NSW employer has been denied a substantial reduction in OHS penalty because it failed to improve its safety after a worker was injured.
Victorian and NSW employers reminded about sun safety obligations; Queensland warns about potential dangers of scaffolding hop-up brackets; New online mine safety statistics released; and Victorian Government to fund home care industry OHS inquiry.
A secretary who suffered muscular discomfort following intensive keyboard work is entitled to workers compensation, despite a pre-existing spinal condition.
The NSW IRC has said a company director who showed no remorse about his role in the Kogarah gas explosions, which killed two and maimed others, "must be deterred from further offending" and has levied on him the highest OHS penalty yet imposed on an individual.
