A commission full bench has affirmed an earlier ruling revoking a WHS regulator's improvement notice issued to a site's principal contractor after a fatal fall.
Arbitrary policies banning outdoor work at specific times during the summer months do not act as adequate controls for heat-related work injuries, according to a new study that suggests occupational heat prevention programs require a detailed analysis of environmental, workplace and personal variables to be effective.
Simple "how to" WHS Codes of Practice will be developed under an accepted recommendation from a major inquiry into a spike in agricultural fatalities, which identified risks created by COVID-19, unsuitable imported machinery and industrial manslaughter laws.
A commercial construction and contracting company has entered into a $1.7 million enforceable undertaking that includes developing a process for collecting worker insights on safety, and implemented more than $1.6 million worth of additional health and safety rectifications, after the fatal crushing of a worker in 2019.
A PCBU that pleaded guilty, after an employee suffered a fatal electric shock, to failing to mandate the use of locks and tags in electrical work, has been found guilty of further charges, including failing to provide adequate supervision and training on the use of volt sticks and power isolation.
An appeals commission has dismissed a bid for death benefits by the family of a worker who died from a heart attack while making a delivery. It upheld a previous ruling that there was insufficient scientific evidence linking workplace pollution to the worker's death.
The workplace safety fine imposed on a company in relation to a triple road fatality has been increased by nearly 70 per cent, with an appeals court majority finding its "failure to adopt a more rigorous testing regime" for vehicle components involved a "significant departure" from its duty to non-workers.
A PCBU that unsuccessfully battled against its "prolix" WHS charges been fined $425,000, in relation to an incident where a confined-space worker fell into perlite powder and died from suffocation.
A PCBU has been fined for category-3 WHS breaches at a site where a fatality occurred - an incident that also led to the largest WHS-undertaking spend in NSW history.
