Employers urged to comply with model first-aid Code of Practice; WorkCover NSW investigates another glass incident, releases workers' comp guide on claims disputes; and New Zealand to establish new OHS regulator in light of Pike tragedy.
An employer that failed to risk assess a task that injured a worker has been cleared of liability to pay him damages, with the Victorian Court of Appeal accepting that an assessment would not have caused changes to the system of work.
WA employer fined for notification breach and drum explosion; Missing locking pin leads to work fatality; and Northern Territory introduces seven-year jail terms for assault of workers.
A Queensland labour-hire worker who injured his back while moving crates has been awarded $43,000 in damages, after the Supreme Court was told the trolleys provided for the task were impractical.
An employer has entered into a $274,000 enforceable undertaking with Workplace Health and Safety Queensland, after it failed to adequately guard a bench saw or provide a formal OHS system.
The Victorian abattoir whose OHS failings led to the death of an untrained worker in a knocking box, has been fined $380,000 over the fatality and another incident in which an employee's finger was amputated.
The NSW IRC has outlined nine measures an employer introduced to improve its safety management systems after a worker's thumbs were crushed, in fining the company and its director $99,000 for OHS breaches.
WorkCover to target pre-use inspections in wake of UTS crane collapse; New WA drilling safety code released; and Queensland inspectorates issue safety alerts.
Employers should consider five "basic rules" to ensure the safety of workers conducting risky maintenance work, according to a new report from the European Agency for Safety and Health at Work (EU-OSHA).
Employers must refrain from revoking OHS policies or procedures until they conduct a risk assessment, the South Australian Magistrates Court has stressed, after a worker suffered serious injuries when she was struck by a mechanical arm.
