WorkSafe WA has extended its warning on fraudulent high-risk work licences, after receiving reports that fake national licences are being churned out cheaply overseas. Also in this article, a repeat offender has been fined for height safety breaches.
An employer that inspected a ladder and found it was safe and secure - immediately before it broke and injured a worker - isn't liable for the worker's injuries, the Queensland Supreme Court has ruled.
Untrained height-safety installers exposing employers to risks; Vehicles linked to 11 work deaths in a month as SWA toll climbs; and Traffic management alert issued after 10 workers killed by mobile plant.
Employer fined $120k after keyless entry sparks fatal van explosion; Transport company and consignor both fined for dangerous goods breaches; and ACT height safety campaign to focus on ladders and scaffolding.
Two Queensland employers that failed to conduct risk assessments or manage the risk of falling from height have entered into enforceable undertakings worth $211,000, after four workers fell from roofs.
A self-employed builder who failed to ensure his safety instructions were complied with has been fined in the NSW IRC, after a site coordinator fell three metres from a mezzanine floor.
A new Safe Work Australia report has found that in the eight years to June 2011, some 356 workers were killed on Australian farms - about 17 per cent of all worker fatalities.
A NSW project manager, who failed to implement a construction site safety plan, has become the fifth party to be fined over a workplace fall, which left an inexperienced worker with severe head injuries.
The NSW Court of Appeal has upheld an appeal against a damages ruling, after it found there were no precautions two employers could have taken to prevent a worker falling on a staircase.
Western Australian and Queensland employers have been ordered to pay more than $100,000 in fines and costs after one worker was seriously injured while loading a vehicle for an untrained driver, and another fell through an unprotected void.
