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When a labour hire worker fell through a skylight and was seriously injured, a tribunal examined the many opportunities his employers missed to recognise the risk and take steps to manage it.

A safety breach can point to more than worker error. The bigger issue is whether the employer truly met their WHS duties.

Do you still need a Health and Safety Representative if you already have a WHS coordinator on site? Learn when an HSR is required on a construction site and what consultation duties still apply.

A band‑aid fix doesn’t mean a paperwork skip. Even small injuries raise bigger questions about what employers must document.

A national transport company has been charged with breaching Commonwealth work health and safety laws after two workers were injured in a forklift incident at its South Australian depot.

When a brick wall fell on a young man at a building site, impaling him on a large metal screw piling, his employer’s sole director found himself in the firing line. Read the court’s view of the site’s poor safety record.

Costs approaching half a million dollars have been imposed on a demolition contractor and its director, after a young worker suffered life-wrecking injuries on a construction site.

A poultry farm was fined $300,000 after a worker was killed by a forklift due to poor safety protocols. Learn how to prevent similar accidents in your workplace

Three dangerous incidents one after the other triggered safety concerns and reports that led to an employer’s conviction in court and the imposition of heavy fines.

When a carpenter fell into a river and ‘three years of hell’, the Court’s focus landed on the supervisor’s role. Read about what went wrong.