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.
A Queensland court has upheld a low fine for a serious safety breach after accepting that the employer had "tried to comply" with its OHS obligations but had been "let down" by an inspector who failed to identify a hazard.
South Australia has followed the ACT in legislating to ban smoking in all workplaces, with the Government announcing a four-phase package of reforms this week.
