Tag: Blind Spots
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Systemic maintenance blind spots: The $1,000,000 cost of informal traffic management
When evaluating mobile plant interactions, industrial organizations frequently direct their safety capital toward high-end engineering controls on primary production lines. However, a major prosecution finalized in Victoria demonstrates that safety systems are only as strong as their weakest administrative link. An employer was hit with a massive $1,000,000 fine after the court determined that the…
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Garbage trucks: friend or foe?
WorkSafe Victoria has launched an investigation into the death of an 86 year old man who was hit by a garbage truck emptying a bin at a fast food restaurant at the beginning of this month. An 83 year old woman also suffered head injuries but remains in a stable condition.