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Two employers and a worker have been fined for safety breaches after incidents involving unlicensed forklift and crane operators, while Western Australian regulators have issued a series of dangerous-goods alerts.
A company director's OHS charge has been dismissed, after the NSW District Court found a workplace fire was caused by a worker's "casual act of negligence which was not condoned by any of the systems which [the director] had put in place".
A trial for a $40 million workplace injury damages claim will determine both liability and quantum, as well as overlapping issues like the use of PPE, after a supreme court judge rejected the defendant employers' bid for liability to be decided separately.
The Road Safety Remuneration Tribunal has finalised its online calculator to help supply chain participants accurately determine minimum payments under its first remuneration order, which takes effect in a matter of weeks.
The Fair Work Commission has upheld the dismissal of a worker who breached one of his employer's "golden rules" by operating a forklift while a customer was in the exclusion zone. Meanwhile, an FWC full bench has rejected a worker's appeal against a drug-related dismissal.
A company officer convicted over a near-fatal electric shock has unsuccessfully argued that he shouldn't be fined because the directors of two other culpable entities escaped prosecution.
The summary dismissal of a worker who tested positive for drugs lacked procedural fairness, but this was outweighed by the employer's need to ensure a safe workplace, the Fair Work Commission has ruled.
An employer that failed to properly assess the risks associated with moving heavy objects has been fined $130,000, after a worker was crushed to death.
