Browsing: WHS decisions (ACT)


THU
2:02PM

Antarctica prosecutions dismissed in practicability ruling

An appeals court has upheld the acquittals of two PCBUs charged over the hypothermia death of a helicopter pilot, confirming that the "cascading" series of WHS measures they allegedly failed to adopt were not reasonably practicable.


FRI
3:57PM

Poor work & poor maintenance cost duty holders $347k

Two companies and a director have been ordered to pay more than $347,000 in damages to a worker, after a defectively welded and poorly inspected roller door component fell on the worker's head and caused serious long-term injuries.



THU
11:17AM

Employer and managers misrepresented safety-entry rights, judge clarifies WHS provision

A court has criticised the poor WHS knowledge of an employer and its managers, finding they unlawfully forced union officials to provide a new right-of-entry notice in order to inspect a suspected safety breach they observed while investigating another safety issue.




TUE
2:50PM

Employer fined $400k over falling-object fatality

A company has been found guilty of safety breaches and fined $400,000, over a high-profile incident where a large bucket of concrete fell from a crane and killed a man working below the suspended load. Another employer has been fined $300,000 after a worker was struck by a forklift.


TUE
3:18PM

Clean-as-you-go system not enough to prevent injuries

A major supermarket's limited spill-control system - requiring workers to look out for spills and other hazards as they went about their normal jobs - "inevitably subordinated the detection" of hazards to the performance of other duties, an appeals court has found in a grape-slip case.


FRI
2:41PM

PCBU fined $450k; WHS process digitised; and more

  • PCBU fined $450k over fatality, another charged;
  • New digital system slashes SafeWork NSW registration times; and
  • WHS warning issued to NT's high-risk licence holders.

MON
1:20PM

WHS duty holders must say "no" to unsafe demands

The latest defendant to be sentenced over the death of a worker at a Canberra site breached its WHS duty to say "no" to the principal contractor's unsafe demands, a court has found in fining it twice as much as the principal.


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