Resources safety law reform in WA affecting mining and energy sectors *

Australia - May 15 2013
New mine safety legislation is currently being drafted which is intended to replace the existing Mines Safety Inspection Act 1994 (WA), presumably at…

Co-authors: Tom Martin.

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Workplace pranks: when things go wrong, it’s not bad luck – it’s a crime *

Australia - December 19 2012
Two recent prosecutions of workers arising out of workplace pranks serve as a useful reminder that both workers, as well as those for whom they work, can be prosecuted for breaches of work health and safety legislation.

Co-authors: Siobhan Flores-Walsh, Aaron Anderson, Barry Sherriff, Alena Titterton.

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Fine doubled on appeal for safety manager’s failure to enforce agreed procedures *

Australia - December 19 2012
In the recent decision of DPP v Coates Hire Operations Pty Ltd [2012] VSCA 131, the Victorian Court of Appeal considered the correct approach in sentencing when a fatality occurs because of a failure to enforce agreed safe methods of working.

Co-authors: Siobhan Flores-Walsh, Aaron Anderson, Barry Sherriff, Alena Titterton.

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Lessons for Australian PCBUs from the Pike River coal mine royal commission *

Australia - December 19 2012
On 5 November 2012, the New Zealand Royal Commission on the Pike River Coal Mine Tragedy handed down its final report into the explosion at the Pike River Coal Mine which killed 29 men nearly two years ago.

Co-authors: Siobhan Flores-Walsh, Aaron Anderson, Barry Sherriff, Alena Titterton.

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Personal liability for work health and safety – who is an officer? *

Australia - December 19 2012
Significant legal obligations are now being imposed on officers of corporations in jurisdictions where the model work health and safety laws have been enacted.

Co-authors: Siobhan Flores-Walsh, Aaron Anderson, Barry Sherriff, Alena Titterton.

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