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A worker who dislocated his ankle after having a seizure has been awarded compensation, after a tribunal found his employment "positioned" him in circumstances that caused the injury. Also in this article, a sole trader has been fined for breaching the WHS provision on "fixtures, fittings or plant".
The Maritime Union of Australia used safety as a pretext to carry out unlawful industrial action during its campaign against Chevron's use of foreign crew, the Federal Court has found.
The first entities charged with reckless conduct under the South Australian WHS Act have failed to restrain the Royal Queensland Show from refusing to accept their inspection certificates for rides.
An injured worker has been awarded nearly $600,000 in damages, after a court found her employer breached the Victorian OHS Regulations through its "ad hoc" cleaning regime.
An employer that failed to guard a lift shaft, resulting in a worker falling 12 metres, has been fined just six per cent of the maximum penalty, after a court found other PCBUs didn't comply with its "layers of safety measures".
Two workers who persistently humiliated a colleague in front of others "contributed to the creation [of] an unsafe workplace" and were rightly sacked, the Fair Work Commission has found.
An employer that failed to adhere to its safe work method statement, resulting in a worker being permanently injured, is one of a string of Victorian companies fined for OHS breaches this month.
An employer has been fined for denying workers access to extended paid sick leave, forcing them to use their annual leave, go without pay or attend work when they were sick or injured.
