Browsing: Workplace safety

Inquiry into the effect of "insecure" work on OHS announced; Finance employees urged to "dob in" workplace bullies; Falls from height and falling objects claim the most lives; ACT's safest employers and workers announced; and New Western Australian workers' comp forms available.

Western Australia claims to have gained an ally in NSW in its push to delay the Work Health and Safety Act, and the Federal Government has conceded that the "deadlines are getting tight", in yet another troubled week for the harmonisation process.

Only one jurisdiction - South Australia - is on track to reach the target set by the 2002-2012 National OHS Strategy for reducing workplace injury rates, according to Safe Work Australia's latest comparative report.

NSW introduces WHS transition Bill, confirms move away from Industrial Court; and Victoria's safest employers and workers announced.

WorkCover SA reports profit and static premium rate; CFMEU could appeal important drug-test ruling; and Quad bikes by far the biggest killer on farms.

Employers have been urged to consult with workers on safety issues and conduct regular reviews, after a second Victorian employer in a matter of days was handed a significant fatality-related fine.

A South Australian regulator has warned that some OHS duty holders currently campaigning against the harmonisation of work health and safety laws might not be complying with current safety requirements.

A Victorian principal contractor that failed to ensure a structure was stable during construction has been fined $350,000, after it collapsed and killed a worker.

Federal Labor MPs have urged opponents of the model WHS Act not to forget the workers who "fall through the cracks" under current safety laws, but the Liberal Party has warned that the absence of the word "control" in the definition of "reasonably practicable" could create a legal vacuum.

A workplace supervisor could spend up to 20 months in a Victorian prison for failing to ensure the safety of a young worker, who was killed after being directed by the supervisor to drive an overloaded truck with faulty brakes down a steep slope.