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A PCBU has unsuccessfully challenged its WHS conviction and $600,000 fine for failing to engage experts to assess the design of new leased plant, which fatally crushed a worker.

A major NSW employer beached Commonwealth anti-discrimination laws by sacking a worker with ADHD because of her disabilities, a Federal judge has found, rejecting the employer's claim that the termination was triggered by serious safety concerns and the worker's "dishonesty".

A major employer that failed to ensure a quarry road and a windrow complied with industry guidance has been fined $130,000, after a loaded haul truck breached the windrow and plunged 15 metres, killing the driver.

Two PCBUs have been handed pre-discount fines totalling $460,000 for their involvement in the death of a delivery driver. One of the PCBUs failed to comply with its consultation duties, which could have been satisfied through a simple email enquiry, a judge ruled.

Safe Work Australia has published a new model WHS Code of Practice for tower cranes, which does not include an explicit ban - recently applied by the ACT - on a hazardous method for lifting loads.

An employer has defeated WHS charges alleging its safety systems were flawed in a way that allowed unlicensed workers to operate forklifts.

A worker who was nearly hit by a B-double truck in a receiving yard, before being sacked for alleged misconduct, has been awarded an additional $140,000 in compensation, with a tribunal dismissing his former employer's defence of reasonable administrative action.

• Lendlease fined over exclusion-zone failure;
  
• Early planning and consultation urged after crane fatality; and
  
• Injury premiums up again in Qld.

• "Injured" worker secretly provided escort services; and
  
• MoU targets unsafe high-risk work licensing practices.

An injury-causing crane was in such poor condition that a critical component fell off it while it was being examined under a WHS investigation, a magistrate has noted in handing the owner a pre-discount penalty of $400,000.