Western Australian workers' comp amendments taking effect this week; WA brokers' Code, compensation report and harmonisation session announced; NSW compensation-consolidation Act taking effect; Formaldehyde declared cancer risk in HSIS update; and Essential safety news from around Australia.
A South Australian employer that gave "hopelessly inadequate consideration" to a foreseeable catastrophe has been fined $90,000, after a worker suffered chemical burns to 50 per cent of her body.
Employers must train workers in safely carrying out tasks with phosphoric acid and other hazardous substances, the NSW Industrial Court has stressed, after an apprentice suffered chemical burns to his face.
Queensland employer fined for chemical breaches after workers burned; Queensland hints at plans to amend mirror WHS Act; and Vic Greens to introduce cancer Bill as cancer cluster found at NSW site.
Employers must conduct "fresh" risk assessments when implementing or changing work tasks, the NSW Industrial Court has found, after a worker suffered burns to 18 per cent of his body in an explosion.
A NSW employer that failed to provide proper PPE has been fined $80,000, after a worker suffered permanent lung injuries and a heart attack after inhaling cement powder.
Employers urged to act after diesel declared carcinogenic; Definition of worker in NT workers' comp laws to change; FSU seeks exemption from NSW workers' comp changes; and NT employer fined for fall breach on boat.
Employees must not "stand by and do nothing" when they see something that places others at risk, the NSW Industrial Court has stressed after a "practical joke" left a worker with serious physical and psychological injuries.
Don't over-rely on High Court Baiada ruling, lawyer warns; Employers slammed for complacency following fatality alerts; and SWA releases fatality report as WorkCover NSW investigates death.
New board appointed in controversial WorkCover "shake-up"; Safety-data-sheet guide released as NT WorkSafe defends harmonised asbestos laws; WorkSafe investigating crush death; and Emergency eye-wash poster published.
