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An employer that failed to supervise and instruct an experienced worker, who was fatally crushed by a scissor lift, has successfully appealed against the severity of its fine.
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An employer and a worker have been charged with the most serious of offences under the model WHS laws, for reckless conduct leading to an employee's death.
Being hit by falling objects continues to be one of the leading causes of work-related deaths in Australia, according to a major report, which has prompted questions over Western Australia's increasing fatality rate.
In only the third case of its type, a Queensland employer has entered a $200,000 enforceable undertaking under the mirror WHS laws, after two workers were injured when a tyre exploded.
A global employer has slashed its recordable injury frequency rate by striving to improve its general business practices, according to its safety managers.
Western Australia has replaced the term "harmonisation" with "modernisation" to describe the drafting of new WHS laws for its resources sector, suggesting the laws will differ considerably from those in other jurisdictions. Meanwhile, the State mining regulator has released new guidelines and fatality reports.
Nine more draft model WHS Codes of Practice - including those covering scaffolding, forklifts and plant supply - have been dumped in favour of guidance material.
