Employers warned of height and storage dangers after deaths; Greens to push for automatic cancer compensation for firefighters; Western Australian employers fined for scaffold and guarding failures; and Essential safety news from around Australia.
A Victorian employer has been ordered to pay WorkCover more than $1.76 million in premiums and penalties, after the Court of Appeal found it had been paying workers' comp premiums under the wrong industry classification.
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.
A NSW worker who was seriously injured at a late night party at her employer's premises has won compensation, in a case that sends a warning to all employers on their liability in cases involving social functions.
WorkSafe WA has announced it will no longer pursue charges laid against Laing O'Rourke and three other employers after Cyclone George, but says it will continue its case against Fortescue. Also in this article, WorkSafe WA inspectors have issued more than 200 notices in a two-week campaign.
The manufacturer of a piece of equipment has been ordered to pay half of an injured Tasmanian worker's $400,000 damages bill, after the Supreme Court found it had been obliged, during the design process, to consider the safety of inattentive users.
Bullying problem perseveres as damages awarded for racist joke; Widow wins workers' comp after red-back death confirmed; and Commonwealth workers one step closer to recess compensation.
The workplace health and safety industry could be facing a talent war, after a national survey found that only nine per cent of OHS professionals are actively seeking a new role.
