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Failure to enforce PPE ends in death and fine; Regulators investigating work-related fatalities and falls; and South Australian safety award winner stripped of prize.
Tasmanian miners will be required to appoint a site senior officer and develop major hazard management plans for high-risk work when mine-specific safety laws take effect at the end of next month.
Employers warned to be wary of bogus safety inspectors; ACT construction sites to be targeted in safety campaign; NSW issues explosives reminder, investigates crane injury; NSW rail safety guides and Victorian bus safety laws take effect; and Regulators issue safety alerts.
WA employers face $800K safety fine over prison van death; Employer fined for JSA failure after injury; Explosives warning issued for flood clean-up; and SafeWork SA and WorkCover NSW investigating fatalities.
Western Australian employers urged to install RCDs, and other WA news; Queensland releases guide to complying with OHS laws in flood clean-up; South Australians invited to apply for $50K safety-initiative grants; ACT safety chief reappointed; and Bullying-prevention guides, fatality alerts and other publications.
SWA reports alarming spike in notified fatalities; NT WorkSafe issues alert after two fatalities in two weeks; Comcare prosecuting John Holland and Transpacific over fall deaths; and Employer charged over insulation death.
Flood-affected Queenslanders have been urged to exercise extreme caution when dealing with electrical equipment and asbestos-containing materials during the floods and clean-up period.
The number of asbestos-related deaths in NSW will soon dwarf the annual road toll, Ombudsman Bruce Barbour has warned in calling for a State-wide asbestos-eradication plan. But a medical breakthrough announced on this, the first day of Asbestos Awareness Week, offers hope for mesothelioma victims.
