THE SAFE Work Australia Bill 2008 has been amended by the Senate to increase representation and cut the powers of the minister.
20/10/2008
PORTAVIN SA has been fined by an Industrial Magistrate over an incident in which an employee was scalded by hot water.
28/09/2009
DOUGLAS Workplace & Litigation Lawyers says a recent court decision highlights the importance of never cutting corners in maintaining the safety of workplaces.
30/07/2009
A YOUNG employee has been burned after an unsecured fryer slipped off the bench he was cleaning, splashing him with hot oil.
22/07/2008
TIMBER miller Pinetec has been fined $60,000 over an incident in which a worker was injured after his hand was caught in the cutting head of a moulder.
01/02/2010
BORAL Resources (SA) has been fined after a 2007 workplace incident caused serious leg injuries to an employee.
06/04/2010
WORKPLACE Standards Tasmania is inviting comments on a proposal to allow employee representatives to enter workplaces on OHS grounds.
04/08/2009
A Mildura food company has pleaded guilty in a Victoria County Court to workplace safety offences after an employee died in a forklift accident.
20/02/2008
EVISON Grain has been fined $12,500 and convicted for failing to ensure an employee used a fall prevention harness.
10/06/2008
MELBOURNE-based Omni Bedding has been fined $360,000 after an employee’s hair was caught in machinery and torn off in an April 2007 incident.
06/11/2008
SAFEWORK SA says an Adelaide carpentry and joinery contractor has been convicted and fined over a workplace fall which left an employee permanently incapacitated.
20/11/2009
ZERELLA Holdings has been fined $24,000 after a pallet of cardboard fell on a 72 year old employee and broke his leg.
18/09/2008
AN EMPLOYEE has been convicted and fined $4,400 over an explosion at a pressure equipment manufacturer’s facility.
31/05/2010
THE Industrial Court of NSW has convicted a coal mining company and fined it $175,000, highlighting the importance of establishing safe work procedures for non-routine tasks and when equipment fails.
08/02/2008
A SYDNEY-based manufacturing company has been fined $35,000 after a worker was injured at its Carol Park factory in May 2007.
20/01/2009
ADELAIDE Industrial Labour Service was fined $9000 over injuries sustained by an 18-year-old employee when his hands were trapped in a pipe-bending machine.
19/03/2008
BALMAIN Enterprises has been fined $40,000 after an employee’s hand was crushed, resulting in the loss of part of a finger.
04/03/2010
FOSTERS has pleaded guilty to two workplace safety charges arising from the crushing death of an employee at its Abbotsford plant in 2006.
25/07/2008
INCO Ships has pleaded guilty to failing to take reasonable steps to protect the health and safety of an employee, after a 2007 incident which saw a worker lose his arm.
03/03/2009
PARQUETRY Flooring has been fined $14,400 after an employee cut his hand on a circular saw.
23/04/2009