A Victorian employer that directed an incompetent truck driver to conduct a hazardous unloading task has been ordered to pay the "lion's share" of another worker's $1.3 million damages bill.
An employer's decision to verbally counsel a worker, who unintentionally contributed to a colleague's injuries and destroyed a $1.2 million truck, was appropriate and reasonable, according to the Fair Work Commission.
The NSW Court of Appeal has quashed a $926,000 damages award, in finding that a truck crash was caused by excessive speed, and that an employer that was sued over the incident had been entitled to rely on an expert contractor to safely load the vehicle.
A NSW coronial inquest into eight quad bike and side-by-side vehicle fatalities will consider a University of NSW study that found the "rollover resistance" of quad bikes was low, and they should be fitted with crush protection devices prior to sale.
A Western Australian employer has been fined over a crane collision that caused a contractor to suffer complete paraplegia, and that could have been prevented with a $2000 investment.
A groundbreaking international study has confirmed that occupational exposure to diesel engine exhaust can cause cancer. Meanwhile, the NSW EPA has announced plans to require coal mines to develop best-practice ways to cut diesel emissions.
