Browsing: Enforceable undertakings (VIC)





TUE
2:15PM

Crew rethink could have eliminated risk

An employer could have prevented the severe crush injuries sustained by a worker preparing a large workplace vehicle for greasing by ensuring the task was undertaken solely by the vehicle's operator, an enforceable undertaking document has shown.



WED
12:12PM

Employer enters EU over electrocution risk; drug trafficker denied labour-hire licence

An employer has agreed to implement a new permit system and other enforceable undertakings after a safety inspector witnessed its excavator enter the "no go zone" of powerlines. Meanwhile, a drug trafficker has been denied a labour-hire licence in one of a recent spate of refusals.


TUE
11:27AM

Employer to "harness" digital exclusion zones under EU

An employer has committed to being the first in its industry to trial digital exclusion zone and barrier technology to address the hazards arising from the interaction of mobile plant and personnel, after a worker was struck by a 20-tonne excavator.


FRI
11:29AM

JSA skipped second phase of hazardous task

An employer has implemented processes for engaging specialist contractors to move equipment in hazardous circumstances, and entered a $1 million undertaking, after its alleged failure to complete a job safety analysis led to a worker being crushed by a 1.4-tonne machine.


MON
2:29PM

Coffee burns followed by serious OHS charge and EU

In a case reminding employers of the reach of their workplace health and safety duties, a business has entered a $281,000 undertaking to escape prosecution over an incident where an elderly person was burned by black coffee.


FRI
3:59PM

Employer failed to respond to EWP advice with SWMS

An employer that allegedly failed to prepare a safe work method statement for an elevating work platform, after it was advised of a subcontractor's plan to use one, will provide mental health first-aid training to employees and subcontractors under a bid to avoid prosecution.


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