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A $115,000 fine handed to a NSW employer after a major scaffolding collapse has highlighted the significant risks of relying too heavily on the "integrity and expertise" of contractors.
A geotechnical consultant has been convicted over the Lane Cove Tunnel collapse, after the NSW IRC found it failed to conduct a daily analysis of the conditions or warn crews of the risks of bypassing the construction plan.
An employer that failed to prevent employees from "deliberately" exposing themselves to a serious risk has been fined $170,500, after a Western Australian worker ignored previous warnings and fell to his death.
Two NSW company directors charged over a workplace death have failed in their High Court bid to have the case against them dismissed based on the landmark Kirk case.
In a long-running dispute involving a Victorian employer, which was fined $100,000 after an offsite subcontractor was killed by a falling crate, the High Court has heard it was widely known that such crates had been "jumping off trucks like lemmings over a cliff".
A health and safety fine imposed on a Tasmanian employer following an elevated-working-platform (EWP) fatality has been reduced, after the Supreme Court confirmed there was no evidence linking the company's deficiencies to the death.
Coles has been fined $170,000 for failing to enforce the contents of a hazard alert and for sending mixed safety messages, after a worker fell more than two metres through a suspended ceiling.
The High Court will next week consider two special-leave-to-appeal applications that could affect the application of the landmark Kirk case in OHS prosecutions and the entitlements of injured former employees.
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