Two employers have been fined a total of $525,000, after a labour-hire worker was allowed to stand in what should have been an exclusion zone, before being fatally struck by a one-tonne falling object.
An injured worker's common law claim against a principal contractor has been rejected, after an appeal court found that none of the factors that could impose a duty of care on a principal existed in his case.
A commissioner has upheld the dismissal of a worker whose reckless safety breach didn't come to light until after he was sacked for unsubstantiated reasons.
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.
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.
The High Court has rejected an injured worker's appeal against a decision quashing his $1.5 million damages award, while an appeal court has rejected another man's claim that he sustained a work-related injury three days after receiving a termination payment.
A PCBU has been fined after a worker was fatally crushed between a hoe and a skid steer, with a court finding he hadn't been trained to attach the hoe to the vehicle, and the equipment manuals were in an office 80 kilometres from the work site.
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".
