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TUE

3:41PM

Seven steps to a simple but effective risk-control plan

An OHS trainer with 30 years' experience has outlined seven practical steps to identifying and reducing workplace injury risks.

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MON

12:37PM

Sixth and seventh parties fined over workplace fall

A NSW employer and its director have become the sixth and seventh parties to be fined over a workplace fall, which left an inexperienced construction worker with severe head injuries.

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MON

1:06PM

SWMS and isolation breaches cost employers $400k after death

Two NSW employers that failed to implement an isolation procedure or SWMS for plant, or roster supervisors onto weekend night shifts, have been ordered to pay nearly $400,000 in fines and costs, after a worker was fatally crushed between hydraulic rams.

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THU

2:16PM

Foreign student, labour-hire worker seriously injured, employers fined

Two South Australian employers with inadequate or no safety procedures have been fined a total of $108,000, after an overseas student worker's leg was amputated, and a labour-hire worker sustained crush injuries.

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WED

11:22AM

Workers seen walking beneath truck suspended from crane; and more

Workers seen walking beneath dump truck suspended from crane; and Worker injured in "trivial" journey crash wins $390k.

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TUE

3:45PM

Safe employers are "preoccupied with the possibility of failure"

Employers that view every incident investigation as an opportunity to test their safety systems for deficiencies - as opposed to blaming workers - are more likely to "detect, contain and bounce back" from human error, Australian OHS lawyer Michael Tooma has told a US safety conference.

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THU

11:10AM

Incident response series - Part Six: Enforceable undertaking case study

A major employer's managers and supervisors will be trained in OHS legislation and how to ensure the safety of at-risk workers, such as labour-hire employees and apprentices, as part of a $250,000 enforceable undertaking.

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TUE

3:14PM

Legislation and cases update - Q2 2013

In this update, OHS Alert examines all the important OHS and workers' comp legislative changes made in the second quarter of 2013. We also recap the most significant court and tribunal rulings and other developments in each jurisdiction.

FRI

2:15PM

Home-insulation inquest could lead to more safety prosecutions

Two company directors and a supervisor could be prosecuted over the deaths of three young workers during the Federal Government's "chaotic" home-insulation scheme, under recommendations made by the Queensland Coroner.

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TUE

11:55AM

Study finds link between low support, depression, bullying and sickies

Workers who receive little support from colleagues and managers are twice as likely to develop "significant depression symptoms", and far more likely to take sick leave, a new Safe Work Australia-commissioned report has found.

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