An employer has been ordered to pay a worker nearly $800,000 in damages for negligently providing him with a faulty vehicle seat and causing his debilitating back injury, with a court rejecting claims that his case was defeated by scientific research.
> Regulator releases more details on WHS recklessness case; > Revised WHS Code for first aid adopted by Tas; and > NSW freezes workers' comp premiums for COVID-19 pandemic.
An employer has been ordered to reinstate and compensate a worker it sacked for breaching a critical safety procedure, after a commission found he worked in accordance with recent refresher training where two managers failed to pull him up on an incomplete response.
A PCBU that defied hierarchy of control regulations, by relying on a painted yellow line to manage forklift and height risks, has been convicted and fined after a worker was thrown out of and trapped by a toppling forklift.
A regulator has rejected a second WHS undertaking application in a matter of months, this time from a PCBU that has received 44 prohibition and improvement notices since late 2015, and whose proposed undertaking focuses on implementing administrative over higher order control measures.
> COVID-19 hygiene training mandated for WA work sector; > New worker killed by high-hazard task, PCBU fined; and > Individual fined over powerlines injury, COVID-19 reduces penalty.
