A Victorian abattoir has been found guilty over the death of an untrained worker who was crushed while cleaning a knocking box. Meanwhile, four other employers in the State have been ordered to pay a total of nearly $300,000 in penalties and costs for OHS and RTW breaches.
An injured NSW labour-hire worker has been awarded more than $750,000 in damages, after the District Court found his host employer excluded labour-hire workers from safe lifting inductions.
Supervisors must not underestimate the importance of restrictions placed on workers with injuries, the Victorian Supreme Court has stressed, after a labour-hire worker aggravated a back injury when he was instructed by his supervisor to lift heavy boxes.
Managing noise creates less stressful workplaces; National rail safety laws progress in Tasmania and NSW; Host employer fined for interlock breach after worker dragged into machine; and Employers urged to ramp up safety for hay and cyclone seasons.
Employers must ensure labour-hire workers are trained in isolation procedures, the NSW Industrial Court has stressed in fining two employers more than $240,000 over a triple amputation.
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.
Victorian employer fined $90k for informal training process; Business blitz issues 85 improvement notices; and Tasmanian employers urged to attend workshops with new WHS Act looming.
A South Australian employer, which accused an injured worker of not using his "common sense", has lost its appeal against a $356,000 damages bill in the full Supreme Court.
An employee who worked for less than three months for an on-hire agency before spending more than a year on workers'-comp leave is protected by unfair dismissal laws, Fair Work Australia has found. Also in this article, FWA has ruled that bad language and agitated behaviour are grounds for dismissing a flight attendant - but not a construction worker.
