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TUE

3:42PM

Safety inspection regime disregarded before gate fall

A company that failed to ensure a workplace gate was inspected by a qualified engineer, after it was modified, has been fined for exposing other businesses' workers to health and safety risks.

Equipment and plant Workplace safety Jurisdiction (VIC) WHS decisions (VIC) Authority/inspectorate (VIC) Duty holders

MON

3:53PM

Notification duties clarified; Impairment guide released

Electric-shock notification duties clarified; and
New permanent impairment guidelines made for new WA Act.

Workplace safety Jurisdiction (WA) Jurisdiction (National) Authority/inspectorate (WA) Duty holders Equipment and plant Workers' compensation Workers' comp legislation, regulations, standards and codes (WA)

MON

2:25PM

PCBU identified "unacceptable" risks but didn't control them, plant with inaudible alarm caused amputation

An employer has been convicted and fined after a worker's leg was crushed by moving equipment with an alarm he couldn't hear over other noise and through his hearing protection. The employer had assessed such an incident as "almost certain" to occur, but didn't take any steps to prevent it.

Workplace safety Jurisdiction (NSW) WHS decisions (NSW) Authority/inspectorate (NSW) Equipment and plant Heavy vehicles, mobile plant, forklifts, quad bikes Noise Duty holders

MON

1:02PM

WHS consultation urged after $300k fine; and more

WHS consultation urged after $300k violence fine; and
WHS reviews demanded after two deaths in two hours.

Workplace safety Injury prevention Jurisdiction (NSW) Authority/inspectorate (NSW) WHS decisions (NSW) Violence Bullying and harassment Consultation Duty holders Psychosocial issues Jurisdiction (WA) Authority/inspectorate (WA) Fatalities Heavy vehicles, mobile plant, forklifts, quad bikes

FRI

3:58PM

Employer enters $481k EU after spotters not utilised

An employer that allegedly breached safety laws and regulations by failing to erect speed limit signs for forklifts, or ensure employed spotters were actually used, has committed nearly $500,000 to safety undertakings to avoid prosecution, with its enforceable initiatives including hiring a workplace health and safety manager.

Heavy vehicles, mobile plant, forklifts, quad bikes Workplace safety Jurisdiction (VIC) Enforceable undertakings (VIC) Authority/inspectorate (VIC) Injury prevention

FRI

2:30PM

Emerging WHS risks targeted; WHS clauses clarified; more

Emerging WHS risks targeted for world safety day;
WHS clauses for stone ban clarified; and
Passage of WA safety Bill ensures national consistency.

Workplace safety Jurisdiction (National) Authority/inspectorate (National) Emerging risks Fatalities Heat Injury prevention Health and mental wellbeing WHS legislation, regulations, standards and codes (National) WHS Harmonisation (National) Dangerous substances Jurisdiction (WA) Jurisdiction (SA) WHS legislation, regulations, standards and codes (WA)

THU

3:57PM

Double-fatality fine "inadequate"; Psychosocial charges laid

Double-fatality fines too low to deter safety breaches, says union; and
Department of Defence charged over psychosocial risks.

Workplace safety Jurisdiction (National) Jurisdiction (VIC) Jurisdiction (NSW) Authority/inspectorate (National) WHS decisions (National) WHS decisions (VIC) WHS decisions (NSW) Heavy vehicles, mobile plant, forklifts, quad bikes Fatalities Duty holders Injury prevention Psychosocial issues

THU

2:47PM

Anti-vaxxer's risk assessment and coverage claims rejected

A sacked worker has unsuccessfully claimed her employer breached safety laws by failing to conduct a risk assessment for a COVID-19 vaccine rule, and that her role wasn't covered by a government vaccine mandate.

Consultation Termination Coronavirus, COVID-19 Workplace safety Jurisdiction (WA) WHS decisions (WA) Authority/inspectorate (WA)

THU

12:33PM

Duty holders charged after safety failings "snowball" and end in teenage student's death

Two organisations have been charged with exposing non-workers to health and safety risks, after an inquest found their "failures and shortcomings" contributed to a boy's death, and slammed one of them for attempting to deflect blame by claiming others led it "into a state of ignorance" on the relevant safety risks.

Fatalities Duty holders Workplace safety Jurisdiction (VIC) Authority/inspectorate (VIC) WHS - research & reports WHS decisions (VIC)

WED

2:14PM

Odd-jobs fall ends in conviction; CO warning issued; more

COVID odd jobs end in health and safety conviction;
Alarming glut of falls reported by regulator; and
Carbon monoxide warning triggered by forklift death.

Workplace safety Jurisdiction (VIC) WHS decisions (VIC) Authority/inspectorate (VIC) Work at heights Coronavirus, COVID-19 Fatalities Duty holders Injury prevention Jurisdiction (SA) Authority/inspectorate (SA) Dangerous substances Equipment and plant

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