Worksafe

The state government's vigorous pursuit of workplace safety breaches has suffered a set back after the Supreme Court overturned last year's biggest conviction.

UPDATED: The state government has called an “urgent” summit of farm leaders to discuss workplace safety, at a time when a broad coalition of industry groups have been pushing to halt controversial changes planned to its Work Health and Safety legislation.

The City of Armadale has been hit with one of the largest fines imposed for a workplace safety breach in Western Australia, after state government agency WorkSafe appealed the penalty initially imposed over a 2014 incident.

The Western Australian consumer watchdog has handed Mandurah-based A&J Training and Assessment a red card for failing to complete assessments for workers who had completed their high risk work courses.

Workplace injury rates in WA have fallen despite the heavy influx of workers to construction projects. In fact, mining is behind retail trade in terms of injuries.