It has taken the South Australian Parliament 78 weeks to agree on the first two clauses of its WHS Bill, suggesting it could be another 207 years before the new laws take effect, according to a fed-up Greens MLC, who is also pushing for stronger HSR training entitlements.
A South Australian employer that exercised a degree of control over a "contractor", for more than "incidental or collateral matters", has been found liable for an injury he sustained at work.
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The South Australian Coroner has recommended a national strategy to improve the design of Australia's "inherently unsafe" heavy road rollers, after a worker was struck and killed by one of the machines.
The South Australian Opposition's claim that a safety-vest directive was an example of "bureaucracy gone mad" has been described as "ridiculous" by the Government, and refuted by WorkCover SA data.
The South Australian Opposition has called for SafeWork SA's powers to be limited under the proposed WHS Act, and warned that some employers face "massive" levy increases under WorkCover's new experience rating system.
Safety charges laid against a South Australian employer, after a gas fitter and three others were injured in a fire ball, have been dismissed, after a court found a documented standard operating procedure (SOP) would not have prevented the incident.
A South Australian employer that relied on its workers to deal with an unclear maintenance manual has been fined $56,000, after a worker suffered injuries when a fuel tank exploded.
A South Australian employer that discussed the potential safety risks of a crane lift with workers before performing the hazardous task - which ended in a near miss - has been cleared, once again, of OHS breaches.
