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Employers must not adopt a "narrow" view of the hazards they are obliged to address, a Queensland judge has ruled in upholding a safety fine issued after a teenage gymnast's death.

A South Australian employer that failed to prevent a worker - who was on restricted duties and affected by alcohol - from performing a risky task has been fined, after the worker was nearly killed.

A Queensland court has reversed a decision to award $500,000 to a lone worker who was assaulted by an elderly customer, after finding her employer was entitled to regard the risk as "singularly slight".

Industrial manslaughter laws unlikely for Western Australia; and Western Australian workers' comp premiums to rise.

A South Australian judge has found a host employer's system for storing hazardous material was safe, in rejecting an injured worker's damages claim.

An engineer who was required to attend a work-related dinner - where alcoholic drinks were served - and failed a urine test the following morning was rightly dismissed, Fair Work Australia has ruled.

Safe Work Australia chair Tom Phillips has hit back at claims the draft model Work Health and Safety Regulations are too complex and long, saying employers are only required to be up to speed on provisions that are relevant to their business.

Binding return-to-work Codes take effect in Victoria; and Western Australian workers' comp and safety authorities announce changes.

In a horrific case that illustrates the "grave risk" of conducting hot work near a fuel source, a NSW employer has been fined $200,000 after a worker surrounded by flames jumped nine metres to his death.

A Queensland employer should have assessed the risk of lifting a five kilogram canister, even though it was just one of the thousands of pieces of small equipment regularly handled by its staff, the Court of Appeal has ruled in awarding an injured worker $640,000 in damages.