An employer's stringent risk assessment process has blocked a worker's claim that the employer induced or encouraged her to undertake a "high-risk" activity on a work trip where she was injured.
> First engineered stone dust death reported in Qld; > ICAC releases "learnings" from SafeWork SA probe; and > Relying on visual barrier results in multiple WHS charges.
A tourism operator has been fined for WHS breaches, including failing to follow a manufacturer's instructions, which led to a woman sustaining "cannon ball" injuries. Meanwhile, regulators have issued alerts after two fatal falls and two serious crane incidents involving counterweights.
WHS amendments prompted by the Dreamworld disaster are commencing in Queensland in eight weeks, while the national model WHS laws could be amended to prevent devices covered by a prohibition notice in one jurisdiction being transferred to and used in another.
> Infringement notice priorities and alerts issued in Qld; > WHS amendments step up asbestos training rules in ACT; and > UK increases enforcement of carcinogenic welding fumes.
An appeals court has upheld a $480,000 damages award, confirming that an employer breached its duty of care to a worker by failing to maintain a non-slip work surface according to the manufacturer's guidelines or periodically check its slip resistance.
> Workplace first-aid changes boost emergency response; > New WHS Code takes effect in NSW; > Alerts issued after Brazil disaster, other incidents; and > Vic amendments remove unsafe loophole for nursing.
