Tag: Workplace Safety
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Scaffolding, high winds, and director liability—The NSW Industrial Court ruling in SafeWork NSW v Ausino Group
The newly restored New South Wales Industrial Court has issued convictions against a principal contractor and its sole director, establishing that corporate officers cannot use a subcontractor’s technical expertise as a shield against personal safety obligations. In SafeWork NSW v Ausino Group Pty Ltd; SafeWork NSW v Sang [2026] NSWIC 18, handed down on 15…
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Retrospective Analysis: The Collapse of the Ferro Con Premium Shield
A structural review of our 2013 analytical draft on Hillman v Ferro Con (SA) Pty Ltd exposes a profound transformation in corporate governance. What was flagged over a decade ago as a “controversial loophole” and a “steady corporate trend” has been entirely systematically dismantled. Looking at the 2013 text through a modern investigative lens reveals…
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The Fallacy of Shared Space: Forklift Segregation and the Cost of Administrative Tolerance
Within industrial warehouses, distribution centers, and manufacturing floors, the interaction between heavy materials handling equipment and pedestrian workers is an everyday operational reality. Because these spaces require constant cohabitation to maintain throughput, management teams often default to an dangerous operational assumption: that safety can be effectively governed by verbal warnings, high-visibility vests, and lines painted…
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Its on! Black Friday and more injuries
Fights have erupted in more than one Walmart discount department store during its Black Friday sales promotion.
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Talk about exciting
In September 2010 I received an out of the blue call from SafeWorkSA about a nomination in the 2010 South Australian SafeWork Awards. The call was to set up an interview to discuss the work I had been doing at Harris Scarfe and the impact on safety I had in my short two years in…