A company director should have foreseen a life-threatening crush incident because he was seriously injured in a similar incident 20 years earlier, a court has found. It also stressed that the director had a positive obligation to familiarise himself with all relevant safety regulations.
> Improve WHS by restoring consultation grants, says ACCI; > Safe Rates restoration endorsed by ATA; and > Anti-violence Bill to protect Federal employees.
> Families contributing to workplace manslaughter reforms; > Missing beeper and beacon constitute OHS breach; and > NSW launches eToolkit to improve young workers' safety.
> WHS tools for officers and psychological risks released; > Fuel controls urged after three workers burned in NSW; and > Gas, fume and dust alerts issued in wake of WA inspections.
A company owner will spend the next few months in jail, after dropping her appeal against her sentence for recklessly endangering and killing an employee.
> Further WHS alignment flagged for heavy vehicle laws; > Work cultures must support fatigue reporting, says aviation report; and > Twelve-hour-shift caps unlikely for rail safety workers.
An employer has committed to spending more than $500,000 on promoting truck safety and developing mental health tools, after a contractor suffered fatal head injuries cleaning a vehicle outside the designated area.
A company owner has been jailed for recklessly endangering and killing a worker. Meanwhile, a major employer has been fined nearly $500,000 for threatening an HSR who refused to endorse an unsafe work method, and another employer has been fined over a quarry death.
