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In an unusual case, two related PCBUs have been fined a total of $210,000 over a teenage apprentice's death, but entered enforceable undertakings in lieu of prosecution for one of the particulars of the offence.
In a decision examining employers' WHS obligations around workers with disabilities, a commission has upheld the medical retirement of a worker who was prone to falls.
FIFO workers who fear being stigmatised for having mental health problems are up to 24 times more likely than others to experience high psychological distress, according to a major study of Australian remote mining and construction workers.
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.
Canadian researchers have reiterated urgent calls for employers to get rid of old diesel-powered machinery, and found that most lung cancers caused by occupational diesel engine exhaust result from exposure to low concentrations of the substance.
Duty holders have been urged to audit machines that can be activated inadvertently and assess weather-related risks, after a worker was killed by a hydraulic ladder and a work vehicle was struck by lightning.
The Federal Government will tackle age-based restrictions within workers' compensations schemes under a $189.7 million "More Choices for a Longer Life" package announced in the budget last night.
In a decision driving home the importance of prescribing workplace behavioural norms, a commission has upheld the dismissal of two workers who isolated and ostracised a contractor's employees, including one who later attempted suicide.
