Occupational Health & Safety

Occupational Health & Safety (OH&S) impacts at all levels of the public and private sectors and all industries.  We understand that it is important for the overall performance of a business and not just because of legal compliance.

Our clients regularly seek our advice and assistance in managing their obligations as well as when incidents occur.

Our OH&S team has extensive experience in advising on all aspects of workplace safety, including:

• strategic advice on minimising exposure to workplace safety risk and liability
  
• development of workplace safety management systems, policies and procedures
  
• training in workplace safety
  
• advice and representation in OH&S related investigations, disputes and prosecutions
  
• due diligence of OH&S issues in acquisitions of property and businesses
  
• advice on self-insurance and insurance premium issues

We act for principals, developers, contractors, managers and consultants in both the public and private sectors.  Our clients range from major institutions and government entities to specialist consultants and subcontractors.

Examples of our expertise include:

• acting for a party in a coronial inquest arising from the collapse of a tunnel
  
• providing advice on the structuring of major remediation works to address OH&S obligations
  
• acting for a warehousing and logistics provider in WorkCover prosecutions
  
• acting for directors in WorkCover prosecutions
  
• acting for owners of land together with commercial and retail premises in WorkCover investigations
  
• advising owners, funds managers, financiers and others involved in the control of land together with commercial and retail premises on OH&S requirements and risks
  
• acting for a contractor in a prosecution arising from the electrocution of a worker at a power station
  
• acting for a contractor during a WorkCover investigation into the collapse of a building located adjacent to the construction site