Employers will be required to prepare a "silica hazard control statement" and obtain a special licence under proposed Victorian regulations affecting four sectors and 24 sub-industries. Meanwhile, tighter workplace exposure thresholds, including for diesel emissions, take effect in NSW next week.
An employer that responded sluggishly to a series of improvement notices and then failed to preserve the scene of a serious incident, resulting in head-crush injuries, has been handed multiple workplace safety fines. Meanwhile, a WHS regulator has expressed disappointment at the results of a follow-up blitz.
> Site-specific induction overlooked before powerlines incident; > High WHS fines for mines pass Tas Parliament; and > SWA urges duty holders to eliminate common fatality risk.
> All mental injury claims automatically covered by Vic Bill; > New WHS Regulations made for mines in SA, commence soon; and > More COVID isolation payments introduced for SA workers.
An engineering company and its director have been fined a total of $310,000 for breaching workplace health and safety laws by approving substandard structural drawings for a major excavation, which later collapsed.
A lawyer exhibited obvious signs of distress from performing three roles and working excessive hours for the Coroners Court of Victoria, yet her managers decided her declining health was unrelated to work, and provided her with little support in her role or while she was on sick leave, an inquiry into her death has found.
