> WHS blitz report sheds light on regulatory activities; > Dedicated psychological health officer to improve WHS performance; and > Alerts issued after fatality, drum burns and fall.
A PCBU accused of failing to take steps to prevent a worker's fingers being amputated, and another that allegedly failed to comply with its own asbestos-removal plan, have been allowed to enter low-spend WHS undertakings in lieu of prosecution.
> WHS Amendment Bill tackles scissor lift deaths in SA; > Legislative review forms part of fatality response in Qld; and > Consultation on GHS transition officially launched.
> Australia transitioning to new edition of GHS; > CSIRO charged with four category 2 WHS breaches after explosion; > Employer charged with failing to ensure the safety of at-risk patient; and > Labour-hire scheme with WHS test revived in SA.
A supervisor whose purported "brain fade" exposed a teenage apprentice to the risk of serious burns and death, in a case of "high jinks gone wrong", has been convicted and fined for the most serious WHS offence of reckless conduct.
In a decision that could expose employers to more costly industrial deafness claims, an appeals court has quashed an interpretation of lump sum rules that blocked a worker's deterioration claim.
A worker's lump sum payment for an old injury must be assessed under repealed rather than new legislation, a tribunal full bench has found in slashing the man's entitlements by more than $60,000.
A property manager has been convicted and fined over a time-saving measure that caused serious crush injuries, while a WHS regulator has raised concerns over the electrical integrity of plant installed by overseas contractors.
A WHS regulator's investigative function will receive a $390,000 boost, after South Australia Police (SAPOL) was handed a record-equalling fine over the death of a worker in a freezer at a training facility.
In an important and much anticipated case, an appeals court has found a worker can't "combine" his impairments from a back injury and from being over-prescribed opioid medication to increase his lump sum payment.
