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OHS Solutions

Locality: Moonee Ponds, Victoria

Phone: +61 3 9370 3611

Address: 799 Mt Alexander Rd, Moonee Ponds 3039 Moonee Ponds, VIC, Australia

Website: http://www.ohssolutions.net.au/training-education

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25.01.2022 $150K fine follows machine crushing death of worker in 2017 A North Queensland diesel mechanical repair and sugar cane harvesting business has been fined $150,000 following a 2017 incident in which a worker was crushed to death trying to fix a cane haul-out vehicle. On 7 October 2017, three workers, including a company director, were harvesting cane at a Mowbray farm, when one of the cane haul-out machines developed a hydraulic line leak. The director, believing a hose simply... needed tightening, instructed the driver to fix the fitting in the assembly area around 500 m away. The man did the repair alone, but 20 minutes later, a colleague discovered he had been crushed beneath the haul-out vehicle and a stationary bulk fuel trailer. The driver had attempted to fix the problem without turning off the machine and was crushed to death. The defendant company had a system for field repairs such as this one. Normally one of its mechanics would be called in to do the job. However, on this occasion this process was not followed, as the director believed the easy fix could have been done by the driver. To protect staff, the company should have had a prohibition on workers doing field repairs single-handedly (in compliance with the operator manual for the vehicle and the Rural Plant COP). The company should have also instructed workers on the appropriate system for field maintenance. In this instance, the duty holder failed to comply with the primary safety duty and exposed a worker to a risk of serious injury or death. In sentencing, Magistrate Joseph Pinder noted that the company directors, one of whom had diesel mechanic qualifications, had previously told the driver not to work on a machine when it was operating, though this instruction had not been given on the day of the incident. Magistrate Pinder considered the company’s cooperation in the investigation by Workplace Health and Safety Queensland, an early guilty plea and remorse expressed by the directors. The company does not have any prior work health and safety convictions. The company was fined $150,000 plus court costs of just under $1100. No conviction was recorded.

24.01.2022 Fines are going up all over Australia with revision of Workplace OHS laws and dangerous workplace hazards that are not acted upon will be dealt with severely as in this case WA: waste recycling company fined $330,000 over workplace arm amputation Date: Thursday, 19 November, 2020 - 09:45 Category: ...Continue reading

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22.01.2022 One three workers sexually harassed last year, claims involving sexual harassment up year on year. This is a problem that all employers need to be aware of and work to mitigate the problem in their workplace

12.01.2022 The NHVL legiislation was developed to prevent exactly this type of accident. VIC: safety alert issued after road freight employee killed by reversing trailer Monday, 23 November, 2020 - 12:15 Category: ... Policy & legislation Location: Victoria WorkSafe Victoria recently issued a safety alert about the risks associated with driving heavy vehicles and moving around road freight depots following an incident in which a road freight employee recently died when they were directing a co-worker to reverse a truck and trailer into a shed. The employee stumbled and fell into the path of the trailer, and this is the second death this year from an employee being struck by a truck and trailer at a depot. In other incidents this year, six drivers in road freight transport have sustained fatal injuries following single-vehicle accidents, vehicle rollovers, or losing control of the vehicle. The safety alert said vehicle crashes are the leading cause of fatalities within the transport industry. This may occur due to speeding, drugs and alcohol, fatigue, in-vehicle distractions, adverse conditions, poor vehicle condition, and technology use. The alert recommended a number of ways to control risks, and said that where an employee is using a vehicle to perform work, the vehicle is considered to be a workplace. As a result, employers must identify and control any risks to health or safety associated with the use of the vehicle. Employers and self-employed persons should ensure: traffic management systems are in place and are followed people, vehicles, and mobile plant are separated fatigue risks are controlled and employees are fit for work vehicle maintenance schedules are in place and followed systems are in place in depots to identify and remove slip, trip and fall hazards (for example oil leaks, pooled water, rubbish or debris) The alert said employers may also have duties under the National Heavy Vehicle Laws, including in relation to fatigue management. These laws are in effect in Victoria as part of a nationally consistent approach.

10.01.2022 Safe Work Method Statements are critical to protect workers and companies from unsupervised and dangerous work-activities of its workers

10.01.2022 A record amount of funds has been provided by the NSW government in the State budget is to go to workplace safety

04.01.2022 Even though SWMS's , prestart meetings , site safety walks etc were done, if you dont follow the SWMSs you still get fined Contractor fined $40,000 for failing to comply with their health and safety duty Toowoomba Magistrates Court fined a contractor who worked on the Toowoomba Second Range Crossing (TSRC) $40,000 for failing to comply with its health and safety duty, exposing workers and others to a risk of severe injury or death. Inspectors from Workplace Health and Safety ...Queensland attended the TSRC site on April 23 2018, where they were able to climb the stretcher stairs to the decks of formwork. It was apparent to inspectors that there were no controls to prevent persons from entering the scaffold stairs and accessing the formwork. Further investigations revealed incomplete scaffolding that exposed workers and others to the risk of falls from height and the risk of being hit by falling objects. Although safety systems such as Safe Work Method Statements (SWMS), prestart meetings, checklists and risk assessments were in place, the work had not been completed in line with the SWMS. Magistrate Howard Osborne imposed one penalty for two charges under sections 32 and 19(1)/19(2) of the Work Health Safety Act 2011, fining the defendant $40,000, with no conviction recorded. Original article can be found on the WorkSafe QLD website

04.01.2022 Interesting case which allows you to cast your vote ie be the judge, based on the evidence presented.