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.
A worker with permanent brain injuries has been awarded more than $12 million in damages, after a court found a manager's "consistent turning of a blind eye" to written policies showed the worker didn't breach any safety rules when she crashed a vehicle.
A coronial inquest into the death of a worker, which led to the WHS prosecution of a young colleague, has found a safety regulator failed to test the veracity of their employer's claim that the colleague had received an adequate induction and mentoring.
