An employer might have prevented a worker's death if it ensured its maintenance regime covered vehicle modifications, and cracked down on alcohol consumption at work, an ATSB investigation has found.
The employer that led the charge on developing a guideline for loading and unloading vehicles has outlined how employers can prevent safety incidents by separating people and equipment.
A services provider whose employees regularly drive for work has reduced its insurance premiums by nearly $30,000 through safety interventions that target drivers, supervisors and senior management, according to organisational psychologist Dr Sharon Newnam.
A rail worker who suffered a seizure was fairly sacked for being unable to satisfy the medical requirements of his safety-critical role, the Fair Work Commission has found.
A safety blitz on a subset of the ACT's most dangerous industry has identified widespread non-compliance with the Territory's mirror WHS Act, and caught one employer ignoring a formal prohibition notice.
NSW's dangerous goods regulations have been amended to require all tanker trailers to be retrofitted with roll-stability systems, while a Western Australian employer has been fined for unsafely storing dangerous goods. Also in this article, regulators in five jurisdictions have issued alerts after two workers were killed and other incidents.
A worker who claims he was unfairly tested for drugs and sacked - less than three weeks after telling his manager he was trying to kick his cannabis addiction - posed an "unmanageable" safety risk to his employer, the Fair Work Commission has found.
An employer might have prevented a supervisor's death if it conducted regular random inspections of its night-shift crew, the Queensland Coroner has found.
A NSW employer that was acquitted of one OHS breach, but convicted of failing to "re-risk assess" an amended process that killed a worker and severely injured four others, has been fined $200,000.
