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An OHSS lawyer has outlined the circumstances in which employers can rely on the safety expertise of contractors, and warned against getting the "wrong idea" about two major judgments quashing OHS convictions.
A major employer was negligent in failing to notify a contractor of faulty wiring, which prevented it from carrying out work correctly, and led to a worker receiving an electric shock, a court has found.
A shift worker, whose second job as an Uber driver was discovered when he picked up a manager, was fairly sacked for failing to respond to his employer's concerns about fatigue, a commission has found.
Two entry permit holders breached the OHS requirements of the Fair Work Act by walking down a construction-site pathway blocked by bollards, a judge has found, despite acknowledging that a foreman and workers also used the path.
A Fair Work Commission full bench has upheld the dismissal of a worker accused of smoking synthetic cannabis "at or near" his workplace, after he crashed into two residential properties while driving home after night shift.
A recent $436,000 injury damages case shows how important it is for employers to proactively look for and deal with signs of worker distress, employment and WHS lawyer Donna Trembath says in this Q&A with OHS Alert.
A host employer has been ordered to pay nearly $600,000 to a worker who injured her back using incorrect work methods, after a court of appeal majority confirmed that it failed to ensure she had "absorbed" her instructions.
The Fair Work Commission has dismissed an employer's long-running bid to revoke a safety improvement notice, after a regulator agreed not to publicise the issue.
An employer breached its duty of care to a worker in encouraging her to take on a client with a known history of substance abuse and violent behaviour, who s-xually assaulted her, a superior court has found.
An employer that modified a machine without conducting a risk assessment has been fined for safety breaches, after a worker's fingers were amputated. Meanwhile, another employer has been allowed to withdraw its OHS guilty plea, after discovering an injured worker might have ignored a warning sign.
