Worker with cancer allegedly sacked for sick-leave request; Cheap safety strap would have averted $42k fine; Hierarchy of controls must be followed for height work; and Safety reviews urged after work deaths and amputation.
A NSW construction site manager has been convicted and fined $12,000 for failing to enforce a safety plan, after a worker fell nearly four metres through an unsecured penetration.
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.
Training not provided to worker who was crushed to death; Employers fined $105k after fridge falls on worker's foot; and Time and thought needed for implementation of safe practices.
Employers urged to act after diesel declared carcinogenic; Definition of worker in NT workers' comp laws to change; FSU seeks exemption from NSW workers' comp changes; and NT employer fined for fall breach on boat.
A low-speed vehicle collision on an ACT building site, which caused a chain of events that injured a worker, has highlighted the importance of effective traffic management.
Premiums to tumble under NSW inquiry proposals, employers say; Warnings issued after fall and machine-crush fatalities; and First National Rail Safety Regulator appointed.
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.
