A coronial inquest has found that WHS offences "may have been committed" in connection with the death of a worker in a 66-metre fall, after rejecting a regulator's finding that such workers weren't required to hold high-risk work licences.
An appeals court has quashed WHS charges laid against a ballooning company after a fatal ground incident, finding Commonwealth aviation laws were intended to cover the circumstances that led to the death, and not intended to operate in conjunction with WHS legislation.
An employer has been convicted and fined heavily for WHS offences after a worker was fatally crushed when a forklift with a faulty handbrake rolled and pinned him against a wall. Meanwhile, an education provider has been fined after a 12-year-old boy was killed.
An employer has failed to recover, from two other companies, the $10.5 million in damages it paid to a catastrophically injured worker, after an appeals court found there was no evidence the companies' alleged safety breaches caused the injuries.
Two employers have been fined for WHS breaches after a worker was killed by a 345kg pole and a company director was filmed walking along a crane boom. Meanwhile, a court has rejected a company owner's appeal against his lengthy manslaughter sentence.
A ballooning company faces a WHS fine of up to $1.5 million, after a court quashed an earlier finding that a fatality was an aviation rather than workplace matter. Meanwhile, a school operator has been charged with a category 2 offence after a student was killed at a carnival.
An appeal court has upheld a fatality-related WHS charge, after finding the defective complaint could be amended because the defendant had been in possession of other information - like a prohibition notice - which gave it "sufficient understanding" of the accusations.
A young worker was electrocuted in an "unsafe and dangerous" workplace overseen by a CEO who was ignorant of WHS laws for residual current devices (RCDs), a coronial inquest has found.
A commission has found an employer vicariously liable for two workers' racist comments, and stressed that a company's anti-discrimination policies must be "communicated effectively" to staff.
An inquest into the death of a young tourist, who fell off a cliff while taking "fun photos", has found the tour company took no steps to ensure employee training on client safety was effective.
