A business partner has successfully applied to commit $380,000 to WHS initiatives to avoid being prosecuted over the death of a worker in an exclusion zone that wasn't physically marked.
A WHS regulator will step up its enforcement activities against workplace psychosocial hazards, like excessive workloads, with more specialist inspectors and better engagement with stakeholders, under two of 46 accepted recommendations from a highly anticipated review.
A commission has rejected an employer's suggestions of suitable employment for a worker who was psychologically injured by an assault, after it failed to prove the proposed form of employment actually exists.
A PCBU should have ensured the safety procedures in its paper systems were put into practice and checked and maintained, to prevent a worker being pinned between a wall and a crane load, a court has found.
A commission president has confirmed that a worker who tripped in a common area car park after a shift was injured within the boundary of his workplace, in a case examining when a work "journey" begins and ends.
The WHS offence of industrial manslaughter could include tougher penalties and capture more types of duty holders in NSW than under the national model laws, with the State Government calling for feedback on these matters.
A WHS regulator has been allowed to continue prosecuting an employer over two silicosis cases, including one causing a worker's death, after defeating claims it had been aware of the alleged offences for many years and laid the charges too late.
A company and its director have been fined $420,000, after the latter identified serious safety issues at a site but failed to act to prevent a worker's seven-metre fall. Another PCBU has already been fined $300,000 over the fall.