NZ employer fined $120k after Australian killed; WA on the brink of joining national rail safety regime; and Submission period for FIFO inquiry closes tomorrow.
NSW's dangerous goods regulations have been amended to require all tanker trailers to be retrofitted with roll-stability systems, while a Western Australian employer has been fined for unsafely storing dangerous goods. Also in this article, regulators in five jurisdictions have issued alerts after two workers were killed and other incidents.
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.
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.
Employer pleads guilty to safety breaches following death; Vic Labor pledges more support for firefighters suffering PTSD; and Essential safety news from four jurisdictions.
A Western Australian version of the model WHS laws will be tabled in State Parliament soon, and then released for public comment, amid criticisms from unions that yet another consultation process will delay much-needed reform.
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.
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.
Western Australia has replaced the term "harmonisation" with "modernisation" to describe the drafting of new WHS laws for its resources sector, suggesting the laws will differ considerably from those in other jurisdictions. Meanwhile, the State mining regulator has released new guidelines and fatality reports.
