Browsing: Workplace safety court and tribunal decisions | Page 10

A major employer's failure to consult workers on a controversial WHS mandate created a "paradigm of opposition" in the workforce and led to a large number of workers being unfairly dismissed, a commission has ruled in a 529-paragraph judgment.

A local council has been fined over a lifeguard's electrical burns, in a case demonstrating that the risks and duties around overhead powerlines aren't limited to those in industries like construction and agriculture. Another employer has been fined over a WHS offence lasting 18 months.

Employers that operate heavy vehicles have been "challenged" to review and overhaul their fatigue management systems, after a company's national operations manager was sentenced to three years' jail for recklessness that led to the deaths of four police officers.

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A commission has rejected an injured worker's claim he was unlawfully discriminated against when his employer refused his return-to-work request despite his medical clearance, finding the employer reasonably maintained concerns over his ability to perform his duties safely.

A sacked worker has failed to block an employer from summonsing two WHS inspectors to give evidence on whether he unsafely caused a forklift crash.

An employer's multiple efforts to engineer out a safety risk failed to prevent a worker's serious crush injuries because of the absence of supplementary administrative controls, a court has found in fining the employer.

Three companies and a supervisor have been fined a total of more than $2.1 million over two serious mine safety incidents, including one where the supervisor removed warning signs from a hazardous area just moments before a worker was killed there.

A court has slated a national employer's inadequate inspections for wear, tear and corrosion, after a worker's legs dropped into and became trapped in moving machinery.

At a retrial, a court has confirmed a company breached safety regulations by failing to ensure enough expert workers were involved in operating a crane at a workplace where a fatality occurred.