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An employer has lost its latest bid to enter a fatality-related WHS undertaking, with an appeals court upholding a finding that the fatal risks were clearly foreseeable.
The wishes of a killed worker's family underpinned a safety regulator's decision to accept a $968,000 enforceable undertaking (EU) in lieu of a category 2 WHS prosecution, the regulator's chief executive has told OHS Alert.
An employer has avoided an amputation-related safety prosecution after conducting a gap analysis of its work practices and launching a safety leadership program focusing on the role of human factors in incidents.
In an unusual case, two related PCBUs have been fined a total of $210,000 over a teenage apprentice's death, but entered enforceable undertakings in lieu of prosecution for one of the particulars of the offence.
Three employers have committed nearly $3.8 million to WHS undertakings and rectifications, after a major scaffolding collapse, a leg amputation and an electrical fire.
A major public transport operator has committed $700,000 to OHS undertakings and rectifications, after an apprentice sustained serious burns from a live wire.
Two related PCBUs have committed to spending more than $500,000 on WHS undertakings and regulator costs, after a worker sustained disabling injuries while pressure testing an allegedly unsuitable brand of pipe.
Two major employers have entered enforceable undertakings totalling $636,000 - with one already spending $500,000 on rectifications - after workers were potentially exposed to hazardous respiratory environments.
