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Regular safety, risk, AI, legal and performance (& ships’n’bits) articles resume next week.

I’ve been binging on an unhealthy amount of prosecution cases lately, so lots of brief summaries incoming (Mostly a NSW-bias, since I went down that rabbit hole from cited cases.)

In the meantime, check out these prosecution and coronial summaries:

1: moral culpability, PCBU duties , SWMS:

SafeWork NSW prosecution: moral culpability, PCBU duties and control over works, and SWMS

2. unpacking exposure to risk, value of inductions: https://safetyinsights.org/2025/12/09/2010-legal-appeal-prosecution-unpacking-exposure-to-risk-value-of-inductions-and-other-concepts/

3. legal definition of risk, reasonably practicable: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/benhutchinson2_this-prosecution-judgement-related-to-a-serious-activity-7401712432345509888-zUYj?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop&rcm=ACoAAAeWwekBvsvDLB8o-zfeeLOQ66VbGXbOpJU

4. Reasonably practicable: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/benhutchinson2_whats-reasonably-practicable-some-extracts-activity-7359765166579699712-5pUe?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop&rcm=ACoAAAeWwekBvsvDLB8o-zfeeLOQ66VbGXbOpJU

5. Audit failures and the Maritime NZ due diligence prosecution: https://safetyinsights.org/2025/07/31/audit-failures-and-the-maritime-nz-due-diligence-prosecution/

6. Importance of understanding work-as-done: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/benhutchinson2_understanding-work-as-done-seen-as-critical-activity-7328895063034339328-_HYW?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop&rcm=ACoAAAeWwekBvsvDLB8o-zfeeLOQ66VbGXbOpJU

7. Magistrate critical of wordy, ineffective paper systems: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/benhutchinson2_really-interesting-legal-appeal-discussing-activity-7326421978083401728–zi8?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop&rcm=ACoAAAeWwekBvsvDLB8o-zfeeLOQ66VbGXbOpJU

8. Not hard to find human ‘culprits’:

https://www.linkedin.com/posts/benhutchinson2_this-coronial-inquiry-likely-wont-reveal-activity-7231410805752094722-CFS9?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop

9. drift into failure:

https://www.linkedin.com/posts/benhutchinson2_coronial-inquiry-and-drift-into-failure-activity-7191550743294705665-_nlF?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop

10. Major accident extracts:

https://www.linkedin.com/posts/benhutchinson2_i-found-these-three-extracts-from-major-accident-activity-7158182780776972288-IyHm?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop

11. rules not playing nicely:

https://www.linkedin.com/posts/benhutchinson2_can-a-focus-on-compliance-distract-us-from-activity-7117248524961927168-S14N?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop

12. Excess focus on work instructions:

https://www.linkedin.com/posts/benhutchinson2_some-apt-conclusions-from-a-coronial-inquiry-activity-7107106112176353281-3RCh?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop