Browsing: Equipment and plant


TUE
12:35PM

Coroner examines death in machine activated by distracted worker, recommends WHS changes

A dangerous machine's "confusing" control panel, combined with inadequate high- and low-order safety controls, contributed to the crush death of a worker that initiated a string of (ultimately unsuccessful) prosecutions, a coronial inquest has found.


MON
3:51PM

WHS psychosocial set completed with SA development

All of Australia's eight harmonised WHS jurisdictions have now formally applied or committed to adopting provisions explicitly requiring PCBUs to manage psychosocial risks through a risk management process.


FRI
7:53AM

Ausgrid enters EU, spends $14m on rectifications over incident preceding fatality

An electricity company has spent nearly $14 million on a safety overhaul, and committed a further $1 million to safety undertakings to avoid prosecution over an electric-shock incident that occurred just months before one of its workers died in similar circumstances.





MON
2:30PM

"Reckless" worker faces jail, "pranksters" warned

A worker could be jailed for up to five years, after being charged with recklessly endangering a colleague who was killed by a toppling forklift load. Meanwhile, a safety regulator has issued a special warning to "pranksters", after five workers sustained burns in a gas explosion.


MON
1:02PM

Court reveals reasonable steps against stair-slip risk

A worker who sustained a permanent impairment from slipping on stairs at his workplace has been denied damages, with a court finding his employer had taken reasonable steps to mitigate the risk of slipping, and the worker had descended the stairs imprudently.



WED
2:33PM

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