FLUOR Australia has been successfully sued by a rail maintenance supervisor for indirect racial discrimination after he was downgraded over concerns his writing skills would compromise safety.
WORKSAFE Victoria has appealed to employers and workers to actively approach workplace safety with more imagination and flexibility, after finding a high rate of serious injuries, fatalities and non-compliance.
WORKSAFE Victoria says it is investigating an incident at a Traralgon sawmill where a man lost his arm on the morning of 19 August 2008.
THE Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU) has continued the fight to increase the duty of care imposed on employers in the harmonised national occupational health and safety laws.
THE SUPREME Court has upheld an appeal by a diver who was ordered to pay a total of $150,000 after being found guilty of 16 counts of dishonestly obtaining WorkCover SA income maintenance payments.
THE SOUTH Australian Supreme Court has dismissed a joint appeal lodged by Santos and Diemould Tooling Services, in a court victory touted by SafeWork SA as a major clear-up of legislative technicality.
APACHE Energy had to evacuate staff from Varanus Island via helicopter after an explosion occurred at the gas facility at 1:40pm on 3 June 2008.
BUILDER Svein Tobiassen has been fined $35,000 for the death of a worker, after WorkSafe WA successfully appealed against an earlier dismissal of the court case.