An employer has nearly halved its psychological injury rate, after it refined its peer support program to make it more proactive, according to a manager.
Tabro's safety fines top $455k after third major incident; Employers fined over sunken vehicle, unbraced wall and amputation; and NZ individual faces jail after young worker killed.
A Fair Work Commission full bench has upheld an earlier decision that it was lawful and reasonable for an employer to direct an injured worker to be assessed by a company-preferred doctor before returning to work.
An employer will not have to pay $1.6 million in damages to a worker whose schizophrenia and diabetes were caused by a minor hand injury, after the South Australian District Court found it couldn't have foreseen the worker wasn't a "person of normal fortitude".
The parliamentary committee inquiry into WorkCover NSW's longstanding culture of bullying and "cover up" has called for the introduction of special anti-bullying legislation to bridge the gap left by the WHS and Fair Work Acts.
A worker who was crushed to death by a crane had no idea the machine was moving towards him because it had a faulty warning light and its sirens couldn't be heard over background noise, the Australian Transport Safety Bureau has found.
Employers have been urged by the Victorian Coroner to look beyond administrative risk control measures, after an experienced worker was killed when he entered a crush zone while working alone.
Stena Clyde death probe handed to DPP, as MUA targets Toll; NTC announces fatigue-law leeway and releases new Code; NSW employer fined over missing asbestos; and Tasmanian work safety awards open.
A worker who neglected to perform a pre-start check of a dilapidated elevated work platform - because his desire to get on with the job "overtook him" - is one of three people whose actions contributed to the death of a diesel fitter, a coronial inquiry has found.
