Employers urged to act after diesel declared carcinogenic; Definition of worker in NT workers' comp laws to change; FSU seeks exemption from NSW workers' comp changes; and NT employer fined for fall breach on boat.
A low-speed vehicle collision on an ACT building site, which caused a chain of events that injured a worker, has highlighted the importance of effective traffic management.
A Western Australian employer has been ordered to pay more than $400,000 in damages to a worker who was injured while performing a task that it wrongly believed to be "common, practical and safe".
A Queensland employer that asked a member of the public to direct a mobile crane has been fined $90,000, after the crane struck overhead powerlines and the man was electrocuted. Also in this article, three Victorian employers have been handed hefty safety fines after a series of forklift incidents.
Unsafe employer fined for abusing off-duty WorkCover inspector; Farmer's death highlights need to maintain and operate machinery to standard; and Employee deserved right of reply to "negative" survey results.
Queensland Code of Practice breach led to fatality; Third employer fined heavily for Melbourne scaffold collapse; Regulators investigating gate death and third excavator incident; and Essential safety news from ACT, NSW and WA.
Ai Group to appeal FWA's workers' comp/service ruling; OHS fine nearly doubled to $230k on appeal; and Extreme care urged following two excavator fatalities.
WorkCover NSW has outlined seven ways for employers to improve forklift safety, after a worker was killed in an incident involving one of the vehicles.
Induction flaw ends in death plunge and $250k fine; Employer placed on bond after worker killed by unguarded machine; and Harmonisation guides for major hazard facilities and Queensland rural sector released.
Forklift and traffic-management issues dominate safety blitz; NSW dust-disease Bill for victims' families defeated; and Essential safety news from across the country.
