A mining company will come clean about substandard employment environments in response to a high-profile lawsuit. Fortescue Metals Group (FMG) reluctantly agreed to release documents that WorkSafe...
Tag - Work Health and Safety Act
Top officials were speechless after discovering poor employment environments are often understated. Authorities were surprised to find substandard conditions are regularly underreported. They blamed...
A mineral producer admitted it totally failed to instruct an employee in how to perform duties, resulting in a fatal blow to the head. Two entities owned by Kara Resources recently pleaded guilty for...
Officials are examining whether a mine site fostered substandard employment conditions. Police and representatives from the Western Australian Department of Mines Industry Regulation and Safety...
A foreign and unqualified craftsman unsafely performed demolition work, a judge ruled. The Brisbane Magistrates Court recently fined a tradesman who allegedly removed asbestos in a way that breaches...
An earthmoving company will pay for its alleged poor handling of a workplace accident. Hamiltons Blasting Services (HBS) was recently fined $300,000 for breaching section 31 of the Work Health and...
An unstable structure interrupted the lives of two underground coal operation employees. Authorities recently investigated a roof collapse at Centennial Coal’s Clarence Colliery, about 130km...
A multinational resources company cannot lawfully lock-out employees based on individual medical decisions, a judge ruled. BHP has been ordered to stop banning unvaccinated workers from entering the...
Safe Work Australia has released new guidance materials to support businesses in understanding how to prevent and respond to sexual harassment and how to manage the risk of violence and aggression in...
THE Palaszczuk Government’s proposed changes to Queensland’s work health and safety laws to provide unions unfettered workplace access would create an environment ‘rife for misuse of entry...
