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The number of infringement notices issued by OHS regulators dropped by 37 per cent in the 12 months to June 2012, while the number of prohibition and improvement notices also decreased, a new Safe Work Australia statistics report has shown.
The NSW roads authority has been fined $175,000 for failing to ensure a team leader and appropriate signage were in place for maintenance work on a freeway, after a worker was fatally struck by a vehicle.
A Tasmanian school teacher who injured her neck in a playground collision has had her workers' compensation reinstated, even though surveillance footage showed her performing tasks beyond her alleged capacity.
The Victorian WorkCover Authority is entitled to recover damages obtained by an injured worker in the Commonwealth jurisdiction, to prevent double dipping, the Supreme Court has ruled.
Employers are being urged to "think more broadly" about who could be affected by heat hazards, with soaring temperatures forecast for much of Australia over the next few days.
In a scathing judgment of the NSW Police Force's approach to OHS, the employer has been fined a total of $350,000 for its ninth conviction under workplace health and safety laws since 2002.
An ACT company director was reluctant to tell older workers how to use ramps to lift heavy objects because he thought he "would not have been well liked" if he did so, the Supreme Court has found in ordering the company to pay an injured worker $1.4 million in damages.
An investigation into a trainee worker's death will consider whether vehicle collision-prevention controls used at mines rely too heavily on "human behaviour", according to a NSW Mine Safety report.
The employer of a worker who was killed while performing an amended task has been acquitted of safety breaches, while the principal contractor at the site - where four other workers were severely injured - has escaped one of its OHS charges.
Anti-bullying applications slow so far; SWA releases new Codes, guides and "body sizing" report; Comcare prosecuting employer over road death; and Fatality report and safety alerts issued.
