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A parliamentary committee will inquire into an abandoned fatality-related WHS prosecution, while the powers of South Australian HSRs will be aligned with other states, if initiatives moved by the Greens are passed.
A school has entered the first enforceable undertaking under New Zealand's new workplace health and safety laws - based on Australia's model WHS Act - after two students suffered lacerations in a scene simulating their throats being cut.
From 1 July, failing to preserve a serious workplace incident site will be an indictable offence with high fines, while limitation periods for launching safety prosecutions could be extended or bypassed, under a 30-page OHS Bill introduced in Victoria.
An employer has entered an enforceable undertaking worth nearly $1 million after a worker was killed between an elevated work platform and a concrete slab, while regulatory action taken against two major companies after the incident has been withdrawn.
A major employer has been ordered to pay a record $850,000 in fines and costs, after it failed to implement measures that would have prevented an intoxicated contractor from causing an "extremely dangerous" chemical spill, which injured two workers.
In a rare case, a company's decision-making partner has promised to improve his traffic management system through a $127,000 WHS undertaking, after a worker was fatally struck by a moon buggy.
An employer has committed $113,000 to raising awareness of a contagious disease, after its vaccination system failed and four workers were exposed to and contracted the illness. Meanwhile, another employer has introduced a cutting-edge forklift management system under a $225,000 enforceable undertaking.
Employers that respond to a safety breach by developing officer due diligence strategies are more likely to be permitted to enter an enforceable undertaking instead of being prosecuted, according to employment lawyers.
An employer that relied on a "specialised expert" contractor to ensure site safety has been convicted and fined $120,000, after a worker fell six metres, while the "more culpable" contractor has escaped conviction, entering an enforceable undertaking instead.
