Date 30 July 2018 Charges Charge 1 – Section 533 Workers’ Compensation and Rehabilitation Act 2003 (WCRA) – Fraud Charge 2 – Section 136 WCRA – failure to notify…
Continue ReadingOn 23 October 2017, industrial manslaughter provisions in the Work Health and Safety Act 2011 (WHS Act), Electrical Safety Act 2002 (ES Act), and Safety in Recreational Water Activities Act…
Continue ReadingA Brisbane construction company, Criscon, has been fined $405,000 over the deaths of two workers who were crushed by a concrete slab at Eagle Farm Racecourse in October 2016. The…
Continue ReadingWorkplace Health and Safety Queensland actively enforces the law, prosecuting alleged offenders under the prosecutions framework. You can view court summaries at the WHSQ website which provides summary of the…
Continue ReadingA Queensland Crane Operator was recently prosecuted over the death of a fellow worker whilst operating a mobile crane. The Incident Details The defendant Robert Poida held a duty under…
Continue ReadingIn February 2018, a worker was impaled by a starter bar after falling into a 1.8m deep excavation at a construction site. Early investigations indicate he was walking on a…
Continue ReadingA refugee labour hire worker has been awarded $964,254 by the Supreme Court of Queensland 20th December 2017 for a back injury suffered at a Rockhampton meatworks. Mr. Rahmatullah Baig…
Continue ReadingThe nine charges, which include a criminal count of manslaughter against a crane driver and workplace charges against company bosses, have been labelled an “extensive and unprecedented” response by ACT’s work…
Continue ReadingJason Garrels was just 20 when he was electrocuted after carrying a switchboard that had come into contact with live wires during heavy rain at a construction site for townhouses…
Continue ReadingHealth and Safety Representatives (HSR’s) MUST be trained within 6 months of election from 1 July 2018. Up until this date it was only a requirement if the HSR requested this…
Continue ReadingThe mining industry and mining jobs are looking very positive for 2018 even without the Adani project. ‘BIS Oxford Economics associate director of construction, maintenance and mining Adrian Hart said the…
Continue ReadingA total of nine complaints and summonses have been issued to four people and one business for their alleged involvement in an incident which led to the death of two…
Continue ReadingOn 12 October 2017, the Queensland Parliament passed the Work Health and Safety and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2017 (the amendment Act). The amendment Act amends the Work Health and Safety Act 2011 (WHS…
Continue ReadingFUNDED CONSTRUCTION SKILLS QUEENSLAND (CSQ) Short Courses & Higher Level Skills The funded Short Courses Program (SC) and Higher Level Skills Program (HLS) are again available due to funding allocated to OHSA by Construction…
Continue ReadingThe Palaszczuk Government has introduced legislative changes to create a new offence of industrial manslaughter in Queensland. Industrial Relations Minister Grace Grace said the creation of the new offence was…
Continue ReadingMetro Mining’s Bauxite Hills Mine is approximately 95 kilometres north of Weipa on Western Cape York. The Bauxite Hills Mine positions Metro as one of the largest independent operations within…
Continue ReadingMINING giant Rio Tinto has awarded more than $900 million in contracts to Queensland businesses as work at its new Cape York Peninsula bauxite mine 40km South of Weipa. The…
Continue ReadingINDIAN mining giant Adani has announced it will commence work on its Carmichael coal mine in Queensland in October. Company chairman Gautam Adani released statement confirming the start of works…
Continue ReadingHere is the most current Queensland Mines and Advanced Mineral Projects List as of July 2017 which lists Name of Mine / Project, Location, Overview and Contact Details. Queensland Minerals…
Continue ReadingHere is the most current Queensland Coal Mines and Advanced Project List as of July 2017 which lists Name of Mine / Project, Location, Overview and Contact Details. Queensland Coal…
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