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An employer might have prevented a supervisor's death if it conducted regular random inspections of its night-shift crew, the Queensland Coroner has found.
The first non-pecuniary penalty orders made under NSW's mirror WHS Act show that WorkCover and the courts are "receptive" to applications for such orders in certain circumstances, according to a lawyer.
The Australian Industry Group has applauded the recall of an unsafe brand of electrical cable, but warns that "non-conforming products" are widely used in the building and construction sector, exposing workers and other end-users to serious safety risks.
A safety regulator has been accused, on the two-year anniversary of a double work fatality, of being "too close" to employers, while Safe Work Australia has been accused of siding with big business on the future of a model WHS Code of Practice.
Employers have little to fear from the Fair Work Commission's new anti-bullying jurisdiction, with a "high number" of the applications received so far being resolved quickly and helping companies improve their HR practices, a conference has heard.
The Tasmanian Government has vowed to strengthen its mine safety laws and inspectorate, while NSW has moved a step closer to harmonising its mine safety laws, and Western Australia has released another draft version of its guide to mine safety supervision.
Injured workers are "ill-prepared for the emotional experience" of the workers' comp system, and should be provided with peer support, a new report says.
Workers running the drug-testing gauntlet, survey reveals; Being crushed a leading cause of work deaths; Comcare tops RTW scorecard; and Presumptive cancer compensation promised for NT firefighters.
A Victorian employer has been convicted and fined $375,000 following a series of safety incidents involving poorly guarded machines, while a Western Australian company and its director have been fined after a 13-year-old girl was injured.
