A recent $180,000 fatality fine has sent a stark reminder of the need to provide extra attention and training to young workers, especially during the "silly season", a regulator says. Meanwhile, an employer has been fined after a truck with a defective alarm rolled backwards and killed a man.
An employer breached its duty of care for a worker in failing to repair a leaky appliance or maintain a system for keeping the area around it dry, exposing him to a foreseeable risk of slipping, a court has found.
Three Queensland employers have been fined a total of more than $500,000, after a cyclist was killed by a crane's unsecured stabiliser arm, a worker was fatally crushed against a stabiliser leg, and an inexperienced worker died in a quad bike crash.
A company has been fined for failing to ensure employees could competently assess load weights for mobile plant, after a young worker's leg was amputated, while a business operator has been handed a suspended prison sentence for fraudulently obtaining workers' comp reimbursements on behalf of employers.
An employer has been convicted and fined $240,000 over a work experience student's permanent eye injuries, after the NSW Attorney-General appealed against its "non-existent" sentence.
A Sydney man has been arrested and charged with the fraudulent supply of WHS induction cards to unqualified workers, in a joint operation between NSW and Federal Police.
A company director, who decided to proceed with height work after a shipment of safety rails didn't turn up, has been convicted of WHS breaches. Meanwhile, a regulator has warned of the risks of unloading pipes from trailers, after two serious incidents.
An employer that modified a machine without conducting a risk assessment has been fined for safety breaches, after a worker's fingers were amputated. Meanwhile, another employer has been allowed to withdraw its OHS guilty plea, after discovering an injured worker might have ignored a warning sign.
