A machine operator who contracted chronic sinusitis while working in dusty conditions at a tip in Darwin, has been found to be permanently incapacitated by the condition.
The jailing of a business owner for industrial manslaughter, the commencement of a mirror WHS Act, legislative changes across most jurisdictions, and a host of judgments on work-related COVID matters, are just some of the issues covered by OHS Alert's first major review report of the year.
A PCBU that apparently failed, among other things, to conduct a risk assessment for recovering a broken down mobile machine, could be fined more than $10 million, after being charged with the industrial manslaughter of a worker in a Northern Territory first.
An important ruling on the WHS consultation duties around COVID-19 vaccines, several reckless conduct cases and a string of legislative developments were among the safety and workers' comp highlights of the final quarter of 2021. Read this article for everything you need to know from the past three months.