Browsing: Workplace safety court and tribunal decisions | Page 279

An employer that failed to prevent employees from "deliberately" exposing themselves to a serious risk has been fined $170,500, after a Western Australian worker ignored previous warnings and fell to his death.

PCBUs must consult with on-hire agencies on PPE and risks; and High Court blocks appeal against Workers Comp Act reinstatement ruling.

Two NSW company directors charged over a workplace death have failed in their High Court bid to have the case against them dismissed based on the landmark Kirk case.

In a long-running dispute involving a Victorian employer, which was fined $100,000 after an offsite subcontractor was killed by a falling crate, the High Court has heard it was widely known that such crates had been "jumping off trucks like lemmings over a cliff".

A health and safety fine imposed on a Tasmanian employer following an elevated-working-platform (EWP) fatality has been reduced, after the Supreme Court confirmed there was no evidence linking the company's deficiencies to the death.

Coles has been fined $170,000 for failing to enforce the contents of a hazard alert and for sending mixed safety messages, after a worker fell more than two metres through a suspended ceiling.

The High Court will next week consider two special-leave-to-appeal applications that could affect the application of the landmark Kirk case in OHS prosecutions and the entitlements of injured former employees.

Global hazardous chemicals system takes effect under model laws; Queensland employer fined for maintenance failure after death; Free Tasmanian service to boost worker health and productivity; and Western Australia's veteran Mines Minister announces retirement.

A South Australian Baptist school that failed to act on expert recommendations to remove a dying tree has been fined nearly $110,000, after a parent sustained crippling injuries. Also in this article, an employer has been fined after a worker who was warned about his risky behaviour was injured.

South Australian tribunal dismisses lunchtime-injury claim; Workplace fatality rates fluctuating; Western Australian employer handed record safety fine over security guard injury; and Global search for national rail safety boss begins.