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Two employers have been fined, while another company and a manager have been charged, after a worker was scalped and another sustained serious burns in an explosion. Meanwhile, a regulator has called for employers to prioritise safety, after Victoria experienced its worst year for fatalities in nearly a decade.

An inquest into the death of a young tourist, who fell off a cliff while taking "fun photos", has found the tour company took no steps to ensure employee training on client safety was effective.

WA employer fined after poorly trained foreign worker killed; Fines for building-defect breaches increased 10-fold in ACT; and Tasmanian safety regulators going through transformation.

The wife of a South Australian worker who had a heart attack at home before dying at work three days later has been awarded compensation, after the WCT found the worker's employment contributed to his death. Also in this article, an employer has been fined $75,000 for its "superficial" hazard checklist, after an overseas worker was dragged into a machine.