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Employers can improve safety either by reducing heavy workloads, or ensuring workers with high job demands have the right experience and skills to manage them, the Australian Transport Safety Bureau has suggested in a report on an aviation near-miss.
With warmer weather fast approaching, employers have been warned of the safety risks associated with seasonal work and natural disasters, while NSW has waived some asbestos regulations in fire-affected areas.
WorkCover SA to be scrapped and replaced; Seven-step safety guide released; New Victorian dangerous goods Code commences; and Explosives and dozer alerts issued in Qld and WA.
An employer had a valid reason to dismiss a worker, who spent half a night shift in a crib room for ostensible safety reasons, but failed to properly investigate the incident, the Fair Work Commission has found.
A subcontractor who injured his back while conducting an awkward lift has been awarded more than $820,000 in damages, after the ACT Supreme Court found an employer failed to check the size and weight of the item being lifted before the task was undertaken.
WA death could have been prevented with $1000 investment; Inspectors focus on non-compliant sleeper cabs; Gardeners warned of Legionella risk; SA police to be protected by new blood-test laws; and Draft electrical safety guide released for comment.
A WorkCover medical panel fell into error when it found a worker's fantasies about murdering colleagues were symptoms of a pre-existing personality disorder, and not work-related, the Victorian Supreme Court has ruled in quashing the panel's assessment.
