A worker who neglected to perform a pre-start check of a dilapidated elevated work platform - because his desire to get on with the job "overtook him" - is one of three people whose actions contributed to the death of a diesel fitter, a coronial inquiry has found.
A coronial inquiry into a motorist's death, involving a defective road train, has found a group of related transport companies had "appalling" record-keeping processes and a "largely haphazard approach" to quality assurance.
Senior managers have been sent a health and safety "wake-up call", with the ACT becoming the first jurisdiction to charge an officer under the harmonised WHS laws, following a fatality.
Husband and wife breached WHS Act after buying chemicals online; WA employer fined in first asbestos-identification prosecution; Bystanders dominate work-related road death toll; and Union predicts high truck-related fatality rate for 2014.
Worker rightly sacked for ignoring safety alarm; Duty holders fined for hand tool and helmet breaches; Video safety alert for forklifts and other warnings issued by regulators; and Fatigue exemption extended for heavy vehicle drivers in Queensland.
A major employer has unsuccessfully sought for all conditions imposed by a prohibition notice to be quashed, with the Fair Work Commission ordering it to barricade an unsafe damaged structure until it's repaired or removed.
Employers in the resources sector and other industries should maintain their light vehicles more often than recommended by manufacturers, require workers to inspect cars every time they drive, and hold unsafe drivers to account, according to a vehicle crash investigator.
A Queensland distributor has become one of the first employers to enter into an enforceable undertaking under the State's mirror WHS laws, after a forklift entered a pedestrian zone and injured a worker.
Fifth jurisdiction joins harmonised rail safety regime; Victoria ditches crane permit requirements for many roads; New NHVR chief executive appointed; and Graincorp fined for repeat safety breach.
