Browsing: Jurisdiction (VIC)


FRI
11:10AM

Increasing injury risk identified, controls must cover multiple risk profiles and remote work

Australian researchers have found the rate of same-level falls in workplaces is set to surge among a major group of workers, and urged employers to implement tailored interventions, including for remote-work arrangements.


THU
3:19PM

Exposure limit for fumes slashed; Big fines start; more

  • Workplace exposure standard for fumes slashed today;
  • Vic responds to fumes amendment with tips for employers; and
  • Comcare warns of big fines, reveals manslaughter start date.

THU
2:04PM

Quick WHS changes to follow world-first WHS vote

Safe Work Australia has committed to immediately drafting changes to the national model WHS laws to reflect the outcomes of yesterday's WHS ministers meeting on engineered stone and other issues. The non-harmonised state of Victoria will make similar changes to its safety legislation.


WED
11:39AM

Officer breached duties through 26 months of bullying

A company director has been convicted and fined for a string of "disturbing" acts of bullying against two apprentices, including at a work Christmas party. A court found his company's safety failings were solely attributable to him.


THU
3:06PM

National manager faces jail in quadruple fatality case

A senior company executive has been found guilty of recklessness and faces jail, in the latest case involving the deaths of four police officers in a road incident caused by a drug-affected truck driver.


MON
3:38PM

Workplace powerline and asbestos warnings issued after fatality prosecution and fire-door incidents

Employers have been urged to identify all powerlines at their workplaces, including around entry and exit points, after a company was convicted and fined over an electrocution. Employers have also been warned about the presence of asbestos in workplace fire doors, following exposure incidents.


MON
2:03PM

MON
12:00PM

Director-designed plant caused severe brain injuries

An employer that required employees to access a machine by moving under it and opening heavy doors that swung down has been convicted and fined $200,000, after the doors fell and struck a worker, causing permanent brain injuries. Another employer has been fined for contraventions that included leaving keys in forklifts, facilitating unauthorised use.




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