Employers are being urged to look beyond "soft" risk management barriers to prevent the interaction of light vehicles and heavy machinery at worksites, after a mine worker's ute was crushed by a 100-tonne dozer.
Fake safety inspectors threatened with $10k fines; More Cootes trucks grounded; Deaths of worker and cyclist prompt truck-safety warnings; and Farm fatality rate increases.
FIFO workers can manage fatigue and loneliness at remote sites by reducing their consumption of alcohol and energy drinks, and getting involved in local community activities, a new guidance note says.
Queensland health and safety reps will be forbidden from halting unsafe work, unions will be hobbled by tighter entry rules, and maximum fines for electrical safety breaches will be 650 per cent higher, under a Bill introduced to the Queensland Parliament yesterday.
More OHS fraud comes to light; Mine inspections reveal blocked escape routes; and NSW orders more Cootes inspections as WorkCover releases safety guide.
Two Victorian employers fined over falling object; Qld PCBUs advised to assess new remote-work requirements; and Grace period over for old WorkCover WA forms.
In this article, OHS Alert revisits all the important work health and safety and workers' compensation legislation news from the final quarter of 2013. We also examine the most significant court and tribunal rulings and other developments in each jurisdiction.
SWA adds 10 chemicals to hazardous substance system; SA Libs promise cancer compensation for all volunteer firefighters; ACT employers ordered to cease operating after asbestos scare; Another SA director fined for OHS breaches; and Alerts issued after confined space and explosives incidents.
