Employer fined after bystander death; New CEO announced for Safety, Return to Work and Support; Better communication techniques reduce workplace stress; and Essential safety news from three jurisdictions.
Essential Energy slammed for delaying introduction of defibrillators following death; New resource helps employers tackle suicide; Notifiable fatalities monthly report and workers' comp guide released; and DMP announces new dangerous goods and petroleum safety director.
The number of serious injury claims per year is continuing to drop, but the average amount of time lost from work keeps rising, according to a new Safe Work Australia report. The agency has also released a report that recommends changing the workplace lead exposure limits in the model WHS Regulations.
Employment Minister Eric Abetz has appointed prominent safety lawyer Barry Sherriff as the Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Commission's new chair and has also installed a new CEO at Comcare from 23 August.
Work health and safety interventions should focus on either physical or psychological health, depending on how old the targeted workers are, a new Australian report says.
Being hit by falling objects continues to be one of the leading causes of work-related deaths in Australia, according to a major report, which has prompted questions over Western Australia's increasing fatality rate.
Proposed and actual major changes to the harmonised WHS Acts, as well as surprising developments in the non-harmonised states, dominated OHS Alert's pages in the second quarter of 2014. Check out this review of all the most important safety and workers' compensation news from the three months to 30 June.
The Fair Work Commission has, in rejecting an employer's costs claim, stressed that workers who unsuccessfully apply for anti-bullying orders will "only rarely" be ordered to foot the legal bill.
