Regulator missed chance to change fatal safety attitude; Workers' comp fraudsters ordered to repay more than $40k; and Collision-avoidance devices could become mandatory for Queensland mines.
Induction flaw ends in death plunge and $250k fine; Employer placed on bond after worker killed by unguarded machine; and Harmonisation guides for major hazard facilities and Queensland rural sector released.
In a long-running dispute involving a Victorian employer, which was fined $100,000 after an offsite subcontractor was killed by a falling crate, the High Court has heard it was widely known that such crates had been "jumping off trucks like lemmings over a cliff".
A NSW employer has been fined $225,000 after a worker was fatally crushed while working underneath a loader with no park brake. Also in this article, two Victorian employers have been fined for traffic-management breaches following a death.
"Discontinuity" between training and work site caused wharf death; Victorians fined over chemical spill, house collapse and neglected notice; Second safety trainer convicted over Northern Territory explosion; and Western Australian employer fined for unsafe maintenance work.
The Victorian Supreme Court has upheld the $180,000 fine imposed on Patrick Stevedoring after it became the first entity in the State to be convicted of OHS discrimination.
Commonwealth passes harmonisation Bill; Police to "think twice" after workers' comp changes progress; New alert issued on OHS scams; and Employers plead guilty after guarding failure and truck fire.
Risk assessments must address the "imperfect" procedures of other organisations in the supply chain, and must not be viewed as an administrative burden, the Victorian Coroner has stressed in a report on a stevedore's death.
Over-reliance on admin controls ends in $160K safety fine; Transport ministers approve national truck and rail safety regulators; and Essential safety news from around Australia.
Victorian employer handed hefty safety fine for scaffolding breach; South Australian employer fined for confined-space confusion; and Comcare reports falling funds and increasing premiums.
