A South Australian winery has blemished its 100-year safety record and been fined $90,000 after tackling a "non-core" task for which it had no expertise and no effective systems. Also in this article, a rural employer with "no understanding" of its OHS obligations has been fined after a worker was hospitalised - twice.
A union boss has outlined two reasons why employers should embrace entry rights under the model Work Health and Safety Act, as the South Australian Government slams claims that the proposed laws create uncertainty over workplace control.
Western Australian Government's "ridiculous" claim putting workers at risk; WA appoints 27 new safety inspectors, cuts age tests for licences; and Warning issued after worker falls to death through unguarded floor.
Outstanding work health and safety initiatives - including a rehab program that helped a shark-attack victim return to work - have been recognised at the annual SRCC Safety Awards. Also in this article, South Australia's return-to-work and SISA award winners have been announced.
Injured workers who have a return-to-work plan with staged goals developed for them - and are given help to follow it - are significantly more likely to return to and stay in their jobs, a new report has found.
Holidaying carers guilty of $64K WorkSafe fraud; Research finds no trace of mobile phone/tumour link, says industry body; SA Unions call for fairer workers' comp scheme; and WorkCover NSW investigating Orica spill and finger amputations.
Resources giant Santos Ltd has been fined $84,000 for safety failings that led to an explosion at a South Australian gas processing facility - nearly six years after it was first charged over the incident.
SafeWork SA is likely to prosecute more employers more swiftly for OHS breaches, after the South Australian Government promised to implement every recommendation contained in a Robin Stewart-Crompton report.
Near-maximum safety fines handed to a South Australian employer and a director following the 2006 Gladstone factory explosion - which killed three workers - are likely to be reduced, after the Industrial Relations Court found the cause of the explosion was not as clear cut as a magistrate found it to be.
