Resources giant Glencore's "regrettably high" fatality rate in 2014 was due, in part, to the fact that some of its operations were in parts of the world that didn't have a safety culture before it established there, according to its latest annual report.
The NSW Court of Appeal has rejected a principal contractor's claim that it didn't have "any right" to require a subcontractor to provide safe equipment.
The AAT has rejected an injured worker's bid to be compensated for the costs of insuring his Segway mobility device, but warns that people in his position are at risk of being sued if they're involved in an incident.
Two employers that were fined for OHS breaches after a worker's leg was amputated have now been ordered to pay the man more than $2.2 million in damages.
A workplace where a trainee was killed in a vehicle collision relied too heavily on administrative safety controls for traffic, and didn't assess the specific risks for night shift, a NSW Mine Safety investigation has found.
Coronial inquiries into the deaths of three Victorian workers, who were electrocuted after vehicles struck overhead powerlines, have found that at-risk workers are provided with little site-specific information about the hazard.
