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Workers' comp cheats under scrutiny; WorkCover WA targeting lapsed policies and other breaches; and Comcare launches tool to reduce organisational-change injuries.
A Queensland distributor has become one of the first employers to enter into an enforceable undertaking under the State's mirror WHS laws, after a forklift entered a pedestrian zone and injured a worker.
Comcare, the Asbestos Safety and Eradication Council and Safe Work Australia have been spared in the Federal Budget, with the latter being tasked with reviewing and removing "unnecessary" regulation from the model WHS laws.
A workplace manager's application for stop-bullying orders against her employer and a subordinate has been rejected, with a Commissioner stressing that "reasonable management action" has a "wide meaning" under the Fair Work Act's anti-bullying provisions.
A contractor has been ordered to pay $1 million in damages to a worker injured in an eight-metre scaffolding fall, after the NSW Court of Appeal found it took control of the worker's system of work, and revised the SWMS, just days before the incident.
Fifth jurisdiction joins harmonised rail safety regime; Victoria ditches crane permit requirements for many roads; New NHVR chief executive appointed; and Graincorp fined for repeat safety breach.
Workers trained in first aid not only save lives, but are more likely to look out for their colleagues and speak up about safety issues, according to Coal Services. Meanwhile, NSW Mine Safety has released a report on its ongoing investigation into a coal mine double fatality.
A Queensland supervisor who crashed a 20-tonne crane on a public road while driving it home has been denied damages, with the Supreme Court finding his employer could not have foreseen such "wilfully inappropriate conduct".
The Western Australian Government is unlikely to introduce harmonised WHS laws in the foreseeable future, with its new budget making no reference to the legislation, and the Attorney-General championing the successes of the current OSH Act.
A new report has found that more than 700 Australians die from mesothelioma and asbestosis every year, and workers continue to be exposed to asbestos fibres. Meanwhile, a union warns the death toll will rise if the Asbestos Safety and Eradication Council is abolished.
