An employer has been ordered to pay nearly $600,000 to an apprentice who was injured slipping over, in a case highlighting the importance of ensuring workers routinely inspect and clean surfaces, including those under movable equipment.
Employers using hazardous chemicals must implement systems for identifying and containing spilled substances to prevent the risk of serious injuries like chemical burns, a WHS prosecution shows.
A major employer's "significant efforts" to comply with its WHS obligations were undermined by a manager giving a worker unsafe instructions, which led to him suffering third-degree burns, a court has found in convicting the employer.
Four employers have been fined a total of nearly $350,000, after a misdirected swim school student sustained debilitating spinal injuries, a student worker fell five metres and other serious incidents, while a company's low safety fine has been increased six-fold on appeal.
Safety regulations for exclusion zones and equipment in the construction industry could be overhauled under recommendations from an inquest into a young worker's death, which led to the first reckless conduct charges under Australia's harmonised WHS laws.
More than 100 individuals and organisations have jointly called for an anti-s-xual harassment jurisdiction in the Fair Work Commission, in a five-point action plan presented to the national inquiry into the issue. Meanwhile, the inquiry has heard that young female lawyers are particularly vulnerable to harassment.
A PCBU that could have mitigated fatal risks "without cost" has been fined $180,000 over a young worker's death, and ordered to publish a notice in newspapers detailing its failure to enforce the use of personal protective equipment.
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