A recent Queensland court decision has reinforced a critical principle in work health and safety: identifying hazards and documenting control measures is not enough. Controls must be implemented, supervised, and enforced in practice. The matter arose from an incident at a worksite in Queensland involving interaction between mobile plant and pedestrian workers, a well-regarded high-risk activity. A pedestrian worker sustained serious injury when struck by operating machinery

The following is from our associates at Kingston Reid Lawyers in Sydney. This article is written by Special Counsel Kate Curtain who is a senior member of the firm’s national safety and regulatory team. She can be contacted at Kate.Curtain@kingstonreid.com Kingston Reid and Kate have kindly given us permission to reproduce a briefing given to us about the proposed amendments to the WHS Act for public view: Date: 3 June, 2025. Amendments have been proposed for the Work Health