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A NSW employer that failed to complete an OHS management plan - because its OHS and production managers were too busy - has been fined $160,000, after the OHS manager was killed in an incident involving an unsafe forklift.
In a case that highlights the risk of giving inappropriate instructions to subcontractors, a NSW employer that directed a non-employee to work in a "no go zone" has been fined $180,000, after he was killed by a moving vehicle.
Stressed worker wins payout after "horseplay" deemed harassment; Study finds safety gaps in sustainability reports; and Fatality alerts and other safety publications released.
The draft model Work Health and Safety Regulations and Codes of Practice contain a "retrograde" definition of "manual task", an ambiguous rule for emergency plans and inadequate provisions for urinals, according to submissions made to Safe Work Australia.
Western Australian employer fined for lockout failure after trainee mutilated; New Queensland mine safety laws pass through Parliament; New Victorian injury system to make premiums "more equitable"; and Employers warned of more safety scams.
A NSW principal contractor that failed to secure a site has been fined $250,000, following a horror incident in which a man walking his dog fell headfirst into a two-metre-deep pier hole and died of asphyxiation.
A Queensland employer that allowed two labour-hire workers to perform a maintenance task that was meant for a specialist contractor has been fined $120,000, after one of the workers was killed.
A Victorian employer that was fined $100,000 over a contractor's death has failed to convince the Court of Appeal it had delegated, and therefore discharged, its safety obligations.
