Three employers have been ordered to pay more than $1.5 million in safety fines and reparations, after two workers were killed - including one who worked nearly 200 hours in the two weeks before his death - and a geotechnical report was ignored.
Three employers have committed nearly $3.8 million to WHS undertakings and rectifications, after a major scaffolding collapse, a leg amputation and an electrical fire.
An employer has been fined $260,000 after a worker fell from a broken maintenance plank and died, while a regulator has called for duty holders to properly secure loads on lifting machinery, after another worker was killed.
A PCBU that directed its own workers to dismantle a disused cool room, because a contractor's quote for the job was too high, has been fined after one of the workers - a maintenance fitter - fell from the roof.
Regulators in three jurisdictions have issued a score of alerts following incidents involving mobile plant and dangerous substances, and one has released guidance on mental health training. Meanwhile, more than nine in 10 truck drivers have reported being exposed to increasing unsafe practices since the Safe Rates system was scrapped.
An employer that required staff to lift 10kg stock above shoulder height has been convicted and fined for its sluggish response to improvement notices. Meanwhile, safety regulators have issued fatality and communication alerts, while another regulator has launched a survey to inform its guidance on new chain-of-responsibility laws.
A company officer has been convicted of failing to exercise due diligence in relation to a serious safety incident and a supervisory stuff-up that occurred while he was on annual leave.
