by Shayne | Nov 19, 2019 | Uncategorized
Politicians are always talking about removing the “Red Tape” so business can just get on with what they do and create more jobs, a bigger economy and grow the country. For many, Safety “Red Tape” falls into this category, apparently, it’s...
by Shayne | Oct 31, 2019 | Uncategorized
We here at Keep It Simple Safety have this conversation every year with clients but now ever the regulators are getting in on the act. For me, I grew up in a time of epic Christmas parties through the 90’s and some of the stories I am unable to repeat in public...
by Tradie | Nov 7, 2016 | Legal, Regulator, Safety, Uncategorized
In a very common sense finding, a court has found an employer didn’t breach its duty of care to a worker, in failing to instruct her on how to safely use a stepladder, because using the stepladder was a “relatively straightforward” task. I can hear...
by Tradie | Aug 30, 2016 | Business, Legal, Regulator, Safety, Uncategorized
A NSW Court of Appeal has determined that a host employer should pay nearly $600,000 to a worker who injured her back because the company failed to ensure she understood its safe working instructions. The Court found that had the worker received a “modicum of...
by Tradie | Aug 30, 2016 | Business, Legal, Safety, Uncategorized
A Sydney construction company has been fined $87,500 after a labourer fell 12 metres from a scaffold at a Lane Cove construction site. The incident, which occurred on 7 December 2012 at a unit construction site at Burns Bay Road, Lane Cove, resulted in the labourer...
by Tradie | Aug 29, 2016 | Business, Government, Legal, Regulator, Safety, Uncategorized
Almost 130 businesses and individuals were fined a record amount by the Victorian courts in 2015-16 for breaching OHS laws. WorkSafe Victoria has revealed 108 businesses and 21 individuals were fined or ordered to pay restitution totalling more than $6.2 million. The...
