Safety Dave’s Blog
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1/03/2010 - More Qld Madness
Dock fatality, ACDC concert incident, common law access under threat in Qld again, and a couple of prosecutions.
24/02/2010 - Mixed Bag- 4 prosecutions, 1 common law action and working hours controversy
Clothing manufacturer fined $130,000. EWP tip over results in $60,000 fine. Worker loses an arm in a conveyor. Garbage collector gets medical waste in his mouth. Is 14 hours too long to work?
17/02/2010 - Two workplace bullying prosecutions from Vic
One case resulted in over $200,000 in fines, including fines against the business itself, a Director and two employees. The other in an enforceable undertaking against a council.
4/02/2010 - Should a 9 year old be able to operate a loader?
The Government and Industrial Court say no. What about you?
28/01/2010 - Manufacturer prosecuted after plant failure
A County Court judge has convicted and fined what he called “a small business in difficult times” $80,000 after it failed to provide safety information about its products to its customers.
26/01/2010 - Working At Heights Fatality in Vic
WorkSafe and police are investigating a fatal fall at a construction site in South Melbourne. A 37-year-old man from Craigieburn has died after falling 20 metres at the Dorcas Street site this morning.
26/01/2010 - Work Killed in Road Roller Incident
POLICE have released the name of a 31-year-old Taree man who was accidentally crushed under a six-tonne roller last Thursday.
13/01/2010 - Vic Confined Space Fatality Prosecution
WorkSafe has warned companies and workers about the dangers of working in confined spaces after a tank cleaning company was convicted and fined $500,000 last week after a worker died.
12/01/2010 - Worker Crushed by Falling Computer
A MAN has died after computer equipment fell on him while it was being unloaded from a semi-trailer at a Melbourne freight warehouse.
21/12/2009 - Prosecution over Person in Control
Interesting case involving who controls a piece of equipment, or rather who is classed as the Person on Control. Is it the owner of the equipment, or the employer of a worker using the equipment at the time on the owner’s site?
