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Safe Work Australia's new compendium of workers' compensation statistics has identified a decline in serious injury claims, and has once again shown there are far more work-related deaths than indicated in its notified fatalities reports.

WorkCover NSW and WorkSafe Victoria have published comprehensive draft guides outlining the differences between the proposed model Work Health and Safety Regulations and current state laws - including those pertaining to risk management.

The Queensland Coroner in investigating the deaths of two miners and a police officer has likened the risk of commuting while fatigued to drink driving, and is urging the Mines Inspectorate to enforce fatigue-management standards.

A Queensland employer that allowed two labour-hire workers to perform a maintenance task that was meant for a specialist contractor has been fined $120,000, after one of the workers was killed.

Injured NSW workers who are dismissed because of their condition are entitled to seek reinstatement through the State Industrial Relations Commission - even if their application has been rejected by a federal tribunal, a judge has ruled.

A Queensland secretary who injured her back while lifting a box of paper has been awarded nearly $240,000 in damages, after a judge found she had not been trained to lift things safely.

A Victorian employer that was fined $100,000 over a contractor's death has failed to convince the Court of Appeal it had delegated, and therefore discharged, its safety obligations.

WorkCover NSW urges height safety after more serious falls; South Australian employer fined after mobile phone fall; Queensland mines getting safer with more audits and fewer deaths; and WorkSafe Victoria hosting harmonisation sessions.

A motor vehicle insurer has been found liable for an injury sustained by a worker while his truck was being loaded at an off-road ACT location.

Fortescue's Cyclone George charges dismissed; and NSW safety switch regulations take effect.