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In an Australian first, WorkSafe Victoria has declared rollover or crush-protection devices as "appropriate means" for reducing the risk of death from quad bike rollovers, meaning employers are more likely to be prosecuted for OHS breaches if an unprotected quad bike crashes.
The modernised WHS Bill for the Western Australian resources sector could be amended to make it clear that a worker's right to cease unsafe work extends to protecting the safety of others, under one of range of recommendations in an RIS on the Bill.
A NSW employer has committed more than $200,000 to overhauling its safety management system and providing WHS training to staff, after being accused of WHS breaches.
A prohibition notice issued to an employer required "a practice in excess of industry standards" and related to an "extremely low" health and safety risk, a commission has found in revoking the notice.
