Qld employer fined $600k over swing-stage deaths; and more
Qld employer fined $600k over swing-stage deaths; and Worker who used unsafe lifting technique for box loses damages bid.
Qld employer fined $600k over swing-stage deaths; and Worker who used unsafe lifting technique for box loses damages bid.
Workers seen walking beneath dump truck suspended from crane; and Worker injured in "trivial" journey crash wins $390k.
A Queensland employer, whose induction documents didn't clearly explain its traffic management rules, has been ordered to pay damages to a truck driver who was injured in a forklift incident.
Work fatality rate rises sharply in March with falling objects killing nine; Warnings issued after young boy and two others killed in agriculture sector; Most personal injury claims arise from lack of training; and Miners warned about naturally occurring asbestos.
Two scaffolding and electricity incidents that occurred in different jurisdictions within two days, leaving one worker dead and 600 electricity users without power, should send a warning to employers involved in high-risk work, according to regulators. Also in this article, WorkCover NSW has expanded its quad bike safety research project.
Upstream duty holders must look beyond Australian Standards, report says; and Essential safety news from five jurisdictions.
In this update, OHS Alert examines all the important OHS and workers' comp legislative changes made in the second quarter of 2013. We also recap the most significant court and tribunal rulings and other developments in each jurisdiction.
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