A principal contractor in WA has received the largest OSH penalty handed down in the State, after a worker was killed as a result of safety failures during the installation of street lights.
The NSW IRC has ordered BlueScope Steel to reinstate a worker it sacked for breaching safety rules, finding that it had blamed the employee for its own "sloppy, careless" practices.
The NSW Court of Appeal has ruled that a plumber should have known not to lift a heavy wheelbarrow, while rejecting his appeal against a finding that he negligently contributed to his back injury.
A worker who suffered a stroke after receiving chiropractic treatment has failed in her claim for compensation, after the SA Workers Compensation Tribunal found she hadn't proved she sought the treatment for a work-related disability.
NSW safety, compensation and smoking Bills passed; Smoke-free alliance calls for bans to be brought forward; NT launches new asbestos awareness campaign; Tasmania amends guidance on return to work; and Victorian OHS Bill passes lower house, despite employer campaign.
The SA IR Court has found an Industrial Magistrate was entitled not to order payment of an OHS fine, despite the absence of clear evidence as to the company's financial means.
A mining services company has been fined $136,000 over a fatal incident that occurred when "the most experienced person in Australia for the job" adopted an unsafe method of work.
