An employer that failed to include a risk-response process in a machine's standard operating procedure has been fined nearly $50,000, after a worker was dragged into the machine and suffered severe leg fractures.
An employer has successfully appealed against a $100,000 OHS fine, with the South Australian IRC overturning an earlier finding that its safety procedures were "alarmingly informal and complacent".
An employer that failed to secure a cage to a forklift for work at heights has been fined $45,000, after a worker fell 1.7m from the cage when it tipped over.
Two South Australian employers, including one that failed to act on a manager's safety warning, have been fined more than $190,000 in separate proceedings, after two workers were injured in falls down voids.
An employer will not have to pay $1.6 million in damages to a worker whose schizophrenia and diabetes were caused by a minor hand injury, after the South Australian District Court found it couldn't have foreseen the worker wasn't a "person of normal fortitude".
A South Australian employer knew one of its machines had a faulty safety switch months before a young worker's fingertips were amputated while using it, the Magistrates Court has found.
A South Australian employer that failed to heed the suggestions in maintenance reports for a heavy-goods lift has been fined nearly $60,000 for safety breaches.
