A safety blitz on a subset of the ACT's most dangerous industry has identified widespread non-compliance with the Territory's mirror WHS Act, and caught one employer ignoring a formal prohibition notice.
An employer that relied on an experienced contractor to ensure the safety of a structure, which collapsed and injured a number of people, is the first entity to be fined under the ACT's mirror WHS laws.
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 new paper from the Northern Territory has questioned whether the costs of the model WHS legislation's provisions on principal contractors and audiometric testing outweigh the benefits.
A man who fractured his neck and spine while performing a job for a friend's company wasn't a "worker" at the time of the incident and isn't entitled to workers' compensation, the Tasmanian WRCT has found.
Tabro's safety fines top $455k after third major incident; Employers fined over sunken vehicle, unbraced wall and amputation; and NZ individual faces jail after young worker killed.
A contractor has been ordered to pay $1 million in damages to a worker injured in an eight-metre scaffolding fall, after the NSW Court of Appeal found it took control of the worker's system of work, and revised the SWMS, just days before the incident.
A judge has rejected an injured subcontractor's $650,000 damages bid, as well as his claim that he felt compelled to perform an unsafe task for fear of being refused future work.
The Federal Government's new building industry Code includes less-prescriptive safety and rehabilitation provisions, and will apply retrospectively to enterprise agreements made from the end of this week.
