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.
> COVID-19 vaccine advice for workplaces coming soon; > Two individuals and one PCBU charged over teenagers' deaths; and > Air-conditioning gas explodes in work vehicle.
> Alarms ignored, worker killed, employer fined $540k; > WHS guides for worker accommodation and events released in NSW; and > WHS exemption extended in NSW.
In upholding a worker's noise-induced hearing loss claim, a tribunal has found claimants bear the onus of proving the relevant employment involved excessive noise exposure, before the evidentiary onus shifts to the respondent to show otherwise.
A business operator's ambiguous and incomplete request for assistance with a hazardous task resulted in a worker unstrapping a heavy truck load before it was secured by a crane, and sustaining injuries, a court has found.
An employer has been convicted and fined $150,000, plus $32,500 in costs, for allowing an unqualified labourer to perform a high-risk crane task, which resulted in a heavy load falling on two workers.
> New diesel threshold takes immediate effect in WA; > Federal Bill creates new framework for chemical risk controls; > Change management process missing at time of tank rupture; and > Safety inspectors rebuild failed structure for fatality probe.
> Families call for nationwide industrial manslaughter laws; > Agencies directed to identify and assess asbestos in WA; and > Asbestos found in imported forklifts and gas cylinders.
