Browsing: Enforceable undertakings (QLD)


MON
3:57PM

PCBU enters EU after WHS officer prosecuted

The employer of a WHS risk manager, who was prosecuted for failing to finalise a risk assessment for an infectious disease, has successfully applied to enter a $950,000 undertaking to halt the proceedings against it, in relation to the same matter.



THU
3:45PM

THU
1:00PM

Alleged SWMS breaches lead to major OHSMS overhaul

A local council has agreed to spend more than $410,000 on safety rectifications to avoid prosecution for breaches of WHS regulations on safe work method statements, which carry maximum fines of just $30,000 each.


FRI
3:53PM

Supreme Court upholds rejection of WHS EU bid

A superior court has upheld the rejection of an employer's bid to enter a WHS undertaking in lieu of prosecution, after hearing that the relevant incident involved a fatality, and workers regularly accessed the hazardous area where the death occurred.


FRI
12:42PM

Employers introduce 10 safety steps to avoid prosecution

Two employers have committed to taking a total of 10 steps to reduce the risks of working with plant and equipment, after two machine operators were seriously injured in unguarded plant.


WED
3:58PM

New safety Standard and other initiatives promised in EUs

Two employers will spend nearly $440,000 on developing a new Australian Standard and numerous other safety initiatives, after entering into enforceable undertakings relating to a forklift injury and hair entanglement.


MON
1:01PM

TUE
11:50AM

Thiess enters third Airport Link undertaking after death

Thiess Pty Ltd has entered into its third enforceable undertaking - and escaped prosecution - relating to the incident-ridden construction of Brisbane's Airport Link, this time after a worker was killed.


WED
3:46PM

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