In the media
Court upholds construction firm's fine over ceiling
fall accident
A South Australian court has upheld the $47.5K fine against a
South Australian construction company after an employee fell
through a ceiling in 2005 (12 June 2012)
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New WorkSafe campaign targets $1 billion
problem
Assistant Treasurer Gordon Rich-Phillips launched a new year-long
WorkSafe campaign targeting musculoskeletal injuries. Every day 43
Victorians are seriously hurt with these injuries, with an average
workers' compensation claim costing $55,000 medical costs,
wages and other expenses (12 June 2012)
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Worker fined over nail gun incident
A 34-year-old labourer has been convicted and fined at the Wodonga
Magistrates' Court after shooting an apprentice with a nail
gun, fracturing his arm. He pleaded guilty to one charge under the
Occupational Health and Safety Act 2004 for failing to take
reasonable care for the health and safety of others at the
workplace (12 June 2012)
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Manufacturer fined $200,000 over electric shock
incident
A Victorian manufacturer has been fined $200,000 because one its
workers received an electric shock. WorkSafe found that CRP
Industries had not provided information to employees about the risk
of electric shocks and the importance of isolating the power supply
before working on the press (09 June 2012)
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Public comment now open for work health and safety Codes
of Practice
Six draft model work health and safety Codes of Practice and two
guides have been released by Safe Work Australia for public
comment. These documents will provide businesses, industry and
workers with practical guidance to achieving the requirements under
the model work health and safety (WHS) laws (08 June 2012)
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Companies fined $2.4M in deadly wall
collapse
Two defunct development companies have been handed fines of more
than $2.4 million under the Occupational Health and Safety Act for
unsafe working conditions that caused a 15 metre high wall to
collapse and kill a contract truck driver more than four years ago
(05 June 2012)
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Queensland won't compromise on mine
safety
Minister for Natural Resources and Mines Andrew Cripps has
released a discussion paper inviting industry comment on the model
national legislation which aims to harmonise mine safety laws
across Australia. Industry stakeholders have until Monday 23 July
2012 to provide the State Government with a submission (06 June
2012)
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In practice and courts
Work Health and Safety (Class of worker) Notice 2012
(No. 1)
This notice replaces and revokes the Work Health and Safety (Class
of worker) Notice 2011 (No. 1) because Item 3 of that notice failed
to reflect name changes made to the cadet forces. In this notice
the name changes are updated and corrected- Registered 08 Jun 2012
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Queensland Department of Mines Safety
Alerts
Compilation reports of mining and quarry accidents are listed here
13-June-2012
Serious accidents and high potential incidents - April 2012 (PDF,
61 kB)
Cases
Inspector Christensen v Albany International Pty Limited
[ACN 008 446 713] [2012] NSWIRComm 48
The defendant, Albany International Pty Limited [ACN 008 446 713],
is convicted of the offence and fined $104,000 with a moiety to the
prosecutor.
OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY - Occupational Health and Safety
Act 2000 (the Act) - defendant pleaded guilty to one offence under
s 8(1) of the Act - employee fatally injured after being struck by
a section of unsupported steel frame weighing 124 kilogrammes -
risk to safety particularised as risk of fatal head injuries as a
result of being struck by a falling unsupported section of steel
frame - defendant had procedures in place for disassembling a
machine known as a Creel, but the procedures were significantly
deficient - relevant risk was foreseeable - simple steps available
to obviate risk - likely consequences of breach of offence were
serious - deterrence - maximum penalty - subjective factors -
victim impact statement – orders More...
Legislation
Commonwealth
Poisons Standard 2012
This standard substitutes the Poisons Standard 2011 and provides
the standard for the Uniform Scheduling of Medicines and Poisons
No. 3 (the SUSMP 3) as set out in Schedule 1 – labelling
and packaging - Registered 14 June 2012 More...
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