A toxic safety culture not only arises from inadequate processes and procedures, but when workers are cynical and "game-playing" surrounds the reporting of injuries, according to risk expert Robert Long.
A subcontractor who provided "perfunctory" inductions, and failed to demonstrate how to properly lift materials, has been ordered to pay an injured worker more than $330,000 in damages.
An ACT employer that failed to instruct a worker not to unload and carry heavy equipment on his own has been ordered to pay him $752,000 in damages, after he sustained a serious ankle injury.
Middle managers must be encouraged to appear approachable and take an interest in workers' non-work-related difficulties, to foster supportive environments and reduce psychosocial risks, a new EU-OSHA campaign brief says.
The NSW roads authority has been fined $175,000 for failing to ensure a team leader and appropriate signage were in place for maintenance work on a freeway, after a worker was fatally struck by a vehicle.
In a scathing judgment of the NSW Police Force's approach to OHS, the employer has been fined a total of $350,000 for its ninth conviction under workplace health and safety laws since 2002.
An ACT company director was reluctant to tell older workers how to use ramps to lift heavy objects because he thought he "would not have been well liked" if he did so, the Supreme Court has found in ordering the company to pay an injured worker $1.4 million in damages.
Employers should tackle "workaholism" - which can affect a worker's wellbeing and lead to high absence rates - using primary, secondary and tertiary-level interventions, Italian researchers say.
Twelve Victorian entities, including a workplace supervisor, have been ordered to pay a total of nearly $340,000 in fines and costs for height and other safety breaches, including one that left a worker in a wheelchair.
Headaches and migraines are among the leading causes of workplace sick leave, but nearly one in three severe headaches experienced by workers are attributable to factors that employers can control, a European study has found.
