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An employer probably would have prevented a workplace death if it complied with an operator's manual and enforced the use of a stop button on a crane, the Tasmanian Coroner has found. Also in this article, two NSW employers have been handed safety fines after a derailed train ended up in a driveway.
SWA releases harmonisation Q&A on volunteers; NT employers fined over Canadian worker's death; Queensland Govt warns against mine-safety-levy cut, is accused of rushing harmonised WHS laws; Western Australia's new workers' comp dispute system gets underway; and WorkSafe WA releases FIFO fatigue alert.
The Victorian Supreme Court has upheld the $180,000 fine imposed on Patrick Stevedoring after it became the first entity in the State to be convicted of OHS discrimination.
Commonwealth passes harmonisation Bill; Police to "think twice" after workers' comp changes progress; New alert issued on OHS scams; and Employers plead guilty after guarding failure and truck fire.
Risk assessments must address the "imperfect" procedures of other organisations in the supply chain, and must not be viewed as an administrative burden, the Victorian Coroner has stressed in a report on a stevedore's death.
A "foolhardy and reckless" South Australian employer has been convicted and fined for safety breaches, after two men who were offered a "feed of fish" in return for their work as deckhands died at sea.
A special report prompted by a Queensland gymnast's death, and coronial inquests into two white-water rafting fatalities, have highlighted just how critical it is for employers in all industries to undertake comprehensive risk assessments.
Over-reliance on admin controls ends in $160K safety fine; Transport ministers approve national truck and rail safety regulators; and Essential safety news from around Australia.
A NSW employer and its director have been handed hefty safety fines for "knowingly and deliberately" failing to provide fall protection for workers demolishing an eight-metre-high roof.