Failing to repair an excavator's broken reversing alarm and flashing light contributed to the partial amputation of a worker's arm and has cost a NSW contractor nearly $200,000 in fines.
The Heads of Workplace Safety Authorities (HWSA) have from four comprehensive campaigns found that many employers are failing to ensure forklift and scaffolding work and manual tasks are performed safely, and are calling on businesses to promote higher-order controls.
S-x-related workers' comp claim proceeds to Federal Court; Victorian employer that overlooked cheap, safe procedure fined $80K; Workers' comp fraudster caught after advertising second job; and Rail operators urged to crack down on Kronic.
A NSW transport company has successfully relied on the High Court Kirk decision to challenge a $200,000 fine it received over the death of an employee.
Employers fined for ignoring Codes of Practice; Safety reviews urged after three horror incidents in 24 hours; OHS prosecutions to be fast-tracked in Victorian blitz; and South Australia offers $412K in OHS research grants.
A NSW employer that failed to properly calibrate a safety device has been fined nearly $300,000, after a mobile crane fell onto live powerlines and crashed into a house, narrowly missing residents and nearly electrocuting a worker.
A crane driver left tetraplegic after falling 1.5 metres to the ground has failed to prove his accident, which he cannot remember and no one saw, was caused by the negligence of any of the four companies operating at a Western Australian Goldfields site.
Employers warned after five Victorian and Queensland work deaths; Western Australian employers fined after untrained holiday worker loses leg; Employer fined for lack of fencing at asbestos site; and Safety and legislation news from around Australia.
Workers' comp fraudster jailed for at least 12 months; Comcare prosecuting Defence Force, again; WorkSafe WA to target mobile plant and conduct safety forums; and Tasmanian mine safety Code revoked.
