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Two employers have been convicted and fined for WHS offences, after a 417-visa worker who wasn't provided with translated work instructions sustained serious arm injuries.
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.
In yet another inquiry into an electrocution involving a roof area, a coroner has renewed calls to extend mandatory requirements for residual current devices (RCDs), and retrofit all domestic, industrial and commercial premises.
The High Court will determine whether the harmonised WHS laws extend to all workplaces and operate in conjunction with other legislation that previously "covered the field", after granting a regulator special leave to appeal against the quashing of fatality-related charges.
A full Supreme Court has rejected claims that a workers' comp claimant was required to prove her employment exposed her to a "greater risk" of being bitten by a diseased mosquito than at her suburban home.
A site safety officer, a supervisor, a crane driver and a crane dogman could be jailed for years, after being charged with category 1 WHS breaches or manslaughter in relation to the death of a worker at the University of Canberra Hospital construction site.
A major employer has unsuccessfully argued, on appeal, that a doctor's opinion that a health and safety officer's psych injury arose from workplace bullying was flawed in failing to address the impact of other factors.
