A workplace fatality, which led to a $250,000 WHS fine, occurred in circumstances where the contrast between the instructions provided to workers with limited English and what supervisors allowed to occur gave rise "to an understandable level of confusion about what was, and was not, permitted", an inquest has found.
An inquest into a workplace bee-sting death has found: it had been incumbent upon the business to provide and train personnel in the use of EpiPens; and the killed man was a worker within the meaning of WHS laws, despite his purported "observer" status.
A coronial inquest into three fatalities at one workplace within six weeks has warned against using non-compliant platforms and requiring personnel to determine their own work and safety methods. It also found that it is "vital and necessary" to adhere to and audit hazard controls.