In a recent Victorian County Court decision1, a journalist was awarded damages against her former employer, The Age, for breaching its duty of care, which resulted in her suffering psychiatric injury…
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A logistics company supplying supermarket chains has been fined $100,000 after a worker was injured by a forklift. A logistics company supplying supermarket chains has been fined $100,000 after a…
FOOD manufacturer George Weston Foods has been fined $176,610 for deactivating fire alarms at its Capalaba factory. A Queensland Fire and Emergency Services spokesperson said company pleaded guilty in the Cleveland Magistrates…
Fatigue-related complaints are the most common calls to the National Heavy Vehicle Regulator’s (NHVR’s) Heavy Vehicle Confidential Reporting Line (HVCRL), according to the data. NHVR CEO Sal Petroccitto says the reporting line,…
A farm operator in remote north-west New South Wales has been fined $180,000 after a young contractor was fatally injured while chasing a dingo on a motorbike. Ethan Staker, 20,…
Health and safety incidents have become the leading financial loss drivers for businesses around the globe, with cumulative losses now outstripping the costs of more high-profile disruptions such as cyber-attacks…
THE director of a company found guilty of reckless conduct following the death of a roofer has been jailed and fined $1 million. Gary Lavin, 64, and his company Multi-Run…
The case of a McDonald’s worker who broke her leg during a rooftop smoko could end up having far-reaching implications for workers whose bosses make them turn up to work…
Audits of Queensland dairies have found forty-three per cent have no written WHS policy in place and fifteen per cent have only a verbal policy. Of equal concern, given the…
A spate of prosecutions in the agriculture industry is a timely reminder to make 2019 a safer year for agriculture industry workers, particularly young and inexperienced workers. The prosecutions follow…