A South Australian employer has been fined nearly $100,000 for allowing workers to bypass an interlock gate to save time, after a labourer was crushed and became a tetraplegic.
The South Australian Coroner has recommended a national strategy to improve the design of Australia's "inherently unsafe" heavy road rollers, after a worker was struck and killed by one of the machines.
Safety charges laid against a South Australian employer, after a gas fitter and three others were injured in a fire ball, have been dismissed, after a court found a documented standard operating procedure (SOP) would not have prevented the incident.
A South Australian employer that relied on its workers to deal with an unclear maintenance manual has been fined $56,000, after a worker suffered injuries when a fuel tank exploded.
A South Australian employer that discussed the potential safety risks of a crane lift with workers before performing the hazardous task - which ended in a near miss - has been cleared, once again, of OHS breaches.
SA department fined heavily after student falls 4.5m; SWMS requirement overlooked by hundreds of Victorian employers; National Rail Safety Week encouraging people to use their brains; and FSC accreditation scheme applied to 800 projects.
A South Australian employer that gave "hopelessly inadequate consideration" to a foreseeable catastrophe has been fined $90,000, after a worker suffered chemical burns to 50 per cent of her body.
Safe Work Australia has outlined the new competency requirements for working with asbestos, while a South Australian employer has been fined for failing to keep on top of the State's asbestos-removal laws.
In another major case involving the issue of "control", the South Australian IRC has, in a majority decision, reinstated an OHS fine imposed on a principal contractor.
