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A major company that escaped prosecution over the 2013 deaths of three pedestrians was responsible for ensuring the structural stability of the wall that collapsed onto the non-workers, a coronial inquiry has found.
A manager's genuine attempts to relieve a worker's workload have defeated the latter's compensation claim for a psych injury, which she says arose from being ignored and left to "flounder".
A health and safety representative sacked for posting incorrect information that he believed to be true on Facebook, has failed to convince a commission that his conduct resulted from his employer's failure to communicate or consult with him on WHS matters.
An employer didn't take all reasonable steps to prevent conduct that caused a fatality because its isolation procedures required personnel to enter a "crush zone", a court has ruled in finding both the employer and a worker guilty of reckless acts adversely affecting safety.
Stronger, WHS-style chain-of-responsibility (CoR) laws for the transport and logistics sectors will commence in four months, imposing a positive duty of care on all parties that can influence road safety, and requiring officers to exercise due diligence to ensure their companies comply with their duties.
The Victorian Government has committed to creating a new criminal offence of workplace manslaughter, with 20-year jail terms and the highest maximum work safety fine in the country, while the Western Australian Government is being pressured to honour its election promise on the issue.
