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A man who fractured his neck and spine while performing a job for a friend's company wasn't a "worker" at the time of the incident and isn't entitled to workers' compensation, the Tasmanian WRCT has found.

Tabro's safety fines top $455k after third major incident; Employers fined over sunken vehicle, unbraced wall and amputation; and NZ individual faces jail after young worker killed.

A contractor has been ordered to pay $1 million in damages to a worker injured in an eight-metre scaffolding fall, after the NSW Court of Appeal found it took control of the worker's system of work, and revised the SWMS, just days before the incident.

A judge has rejected an injured subcontractor's $650,000 damages bid, as well as his claim that he felt compelled to perform an unsafe task for fear of being refused future work.

The Federal Government's new building industry Code includes less-prescriptive safety and rehabilitation provisions, and will apply retrospectively to enterprise agreements made from the end of this week.

Mock court proceedings will be held as part of a Victorian employer's $150,000 enforceable undertaking - entered into after a non-employee was injured - to ensure managers know their safety obligations and the consequences of not following safety rules.

Three major employers have claimed, in their latest performance reports, that they have improved health and safety by inviting contractors and customers on safety walks, restructuring OHS systems, and offering health and wellbeing initiatives, such as skin screening.

Origin has reduced its total recordable injury frequency rate (TRIFR) by 32 per cent in 18 months by requiring workers to follow 11 "life-saving rules", according to the energy company's HSE general manager.

Director sacked worker with cancer to avoid sick-leave bill; Mine Safety Commissioner issues special alert after spate of deaths; and Collision, explosion and other incidents prompt new alerts and guides.

A subcontractor who provided "perfunctory" inductions, and failed to demonstrate how to properly lift materials, has been ordered to pay an injured worker more than $330,000 in damages.