NSW assessing viability of further WorkCover premium cuts; Victorian OHS fine increased by 650 per cent on appeal; Work and quad bike death tolls climbing; and Did you miss our latest quarterly update?
A Victorian employer was entitled to assume a worker was capable of performing a managerial role without sustaining a stress-related psych injury, the Court of Appeal has ruled in dismissing the worker's damages claim.
Employer fined over forklift breaches after fatality; OHS Alert subscriber webinar coming soon; Work death toll falls; and South Australian safety awards open.
Injured worker's wife convicted of workers' comp fraud; Repeat OHS offender fined $70k; NSW releases void-safety video as Queenslander dies in fall; and Asbestos detected in mining product.
A Victorian employer has failed to convince the Court of Appeal that a young injured worker - who can neither sit nor stand "for any significant length of time" - can perform light duties such as traffic controlling.
A Victorian worker who sued his parents after suffering a back injury while working at their tobacco farm has had his contributory-negligence calculation reduced from 70 to 20 per cent in the Supreme Court.
Two employers fined $100k over missing guard after amputation; MaxiTRANS enters $200k safety undertaking; WorkSafe releases new safety standard for high-risk industry; Alerts issued after 30 mobile-plant rollovers and other incidents; and Public defibrillators linked to high heart attack survival rate.
Electrical advice offered in wake of electrocutions and shocks; Hospitality employers fined for safety and notification breaches; and Mine alerts issued after death, serious injury and dust incidents.
