Browsing: Jurisdiction (SA)

The WHS failings of an individual with the duties of a PCBU included failing to label hazardous chemicals, leading to a fire that severely injured both himself and a client, a tribunal has heard.

• New industrial manslaughter laws to follow SA election; and
  
• Large-scale COVID testing announced for WA FIFO workers.

A white-collar worker's pre-existing predisposition to knee "instability" did not mean her employment could not be considered a significant cause of the injuries she sustained while rising from her chair at work, a tribunal has found.

• Have you assessed your workplace buildings for asbestos? A WHS regulator is checking, in support of national plan; and
  
• Employer fined after forklift load falls.

A PCBU's lack of safety processes for preventing work being performed near overhead powerlines caused a worker to suffer "devastating" burns and lose both legs, a court has found in convicting the PCBU and its director.

A company and one of its directors have been fined, and handed a hefty decontamination bill, for embarking on a clean-up exercise that could have exposed hundreds of people to asbestos fibres. Meanwhile, a regulator has issued a warning to PCBUs following a "horror month" of nail gun incidents.

A PCBU has been convicted and handed a near-record WHS penalty over the mechanical asphyxiation death of a worker in plant, with a safety measure that was assumed to be effective but not tested.

• Beware new-year fatigue with COVID-forced work changes;
  
• Mask rules eased in another jurisdiction, WHS advice issued; and
  
• RPE guidance published after 162 WHS notices issued.

A worker's failure to reach performance expectations was an important factor in determining the reasonableness of actions taken against her, but her superior's "bad faith" actions potentially made her employer liable for her psychological injury, a tribunal full bench has found.

A worker's fatal heart attack, while using a hotel gym on an overseas work trip, arose from his employment, a tribunal has ruled in awarding his widow workers' compensation.