A compliance program for repeat safety offenders will focus on whether leaders in convicted South Australian businesses are meeting their due diligence obligations under section 27 of the Work Health and Safety Act.
An employer's WHS fine for a workplace death has been slashed by more than 50 per cent, after it agreed to publish details of the offence in newspapers.
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.
A judge has upheld the acquittal of an employer charged with OHS breaches, after finding it was unrealistic to expect employers to implement engineering controls to protect against actions defying common sense.
The organisation that recently became the first entity to be fined under the consultation provisions of the model WHS Act failed to check whether a host employer was qualified to provide an apprentice with on-the-job experience, SafeWork SA's charge sheet shows.
A not-for-profit organisation that assigns apprentices to host employers has become the first entity to be convicted for breaching the consultation provisions of the model WHS Act.
A man who pretended to be a SafeWork SA inspector - possibly to advance his OHS business interests - has been convicted and fined for seven breaches of the WHS Act.
