The Queensland Coroner in investigating the deaths of two miners and a police officer has likened the risk of commuting while fatigued to drink driving, and is urging the Mines Inspectorate to enforce fatigue-management standards.
A Queensland employer that allowed two labour-hire workers to perform a maintenance task that was meant for a specialist contractor has been fined $120,000, after one of the workers was killed.
A Victorian employer that was fined $100,000 over a contractor's death has failed to convince the Court of Appeal it had delegated, and therefore discharged, its safety obligations.
The gruesome workplace death of an apprentice could have been averted had a host employer spent as little as $15,000 on retrofitting a "deplorably" unsafe machine, the South Australian Coroner has found.
Comcare implements "people first" claims system; WorkSafe WA pleased with high-risk inspections, but notices issued; and Queensland regulator investigating two crane deaths.
Employer fined $100K over insulation death; Unsafe employer ordered to donate $30K to charity; Safety condition placed on Longford operation; and Unions lying about safety in recruitment drive, says AMMA.
Failure to enforce PPE ends in death and fine; Regulators investigating work-related fatalities and falls; and South Australian safety award winner stripped of prize.
WA employers face $800K safety fine over prison van death; Employer fined for JSA failure after injury; Explosives warning issued for flood clean-up; and SafeWork SA and WorkCover NSW investigating fatalities.
Western Australian employers urged to install RCDs, and other WA news; Queensland releases guide to complying with OHS laws in flood clean-up; South Australians invited to apply for $50K safety-initiative grants; ACT safety chief reappointed; and Bullying-prevention guides, fatality alerts and other publications.
