A South Australian employer, whose failure to guard a pinch point resulted in an amputation, has received a significant discount on its fine, due to recent changes to the State's criminal sentencing laws.
An employer that sacked a worker with chronic post-traumatic stress disorder, who refused to undertake a competency assessment because he was ill, has been ordered to pay him $100,000 in fines and compensation.
A coronial inquiry into the drowning deaths of two South Australian workers has highlighted the risks of modifying plant without having the changes approved or inspected.
Employers urged to step up safety focus during October; Government told to tackle rising suicide and PTSD rates among soldiers; and Warnings issued after structure collapse and high winds.
Injured workers should follow their treating doctor's advice, and not the recommendations of a WorkCover medical panel, if the two opinions vary, a South Australian judge has ruled in a workers' comp dispute.
Qld employers urged to check validity of safety summonses; Cancer compensation laws pass in Tas, trudge forward in SA; and Caution urged after concrete panel incidents and welding explosion.
A South Australian employer that allowed workers to use a forklift to open and close a faulty roller door has been fined $66,000 for safety breaches. Also in this article, an employer has been fined after a safety consultant it engaged failed to identify a pinch point on a press.
An employer that developed a new, certifiable tool in consultation with staff to eliminate all manual handling aspects of an awkward maintenance task, is one of the winners of the 2013 Comcare awards. Also in this article, the winners of the WorkCover SA awards have been announced, while the start date of the national heavy vehicle safety law has been delayed indefinitely.
Workers' comp fraudster receives suspended prison sentence; SISA winners announced as new NCSI board elected; and National workplace death toll climbs to 116.
Abetz new Employment Minister, Abbott announces ministry; HSRs in SA must complete WHS bridging course; and WHS exemptions granted to Queensland boiler operators.
