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A new worker sustained an amputation injury after receiving a five-minute training session on a hazardous machine with an out-of-reach emergency stop button, a court has found in fining her employer.

Sydney Trains has been: ordered to reinstate a worker dismissed for testing positive to cocaine metabolites after returning from leave; and censured for failing to learn from previous criticisms of its approach to enforcing its drug and alcohol policy.

A WHS regulator will enforce the utilisation of risk assessments for psychosocial hazards in psychologically dangerous workplaces, under one of 18 recommendations from a parliamentary inquiry into NSW's workers' compensation system.

A principal contractor that failed to adhere to its own safety inspection regime, when unscheduled out-of-sequence work was carried out, has been fined $412,500 after a worker was left with devastating injuries.

A WHS regulator has vowed to take a zero-tolerance approach, involving prohibition notices and hefty non-compliance penalties, in a new multi-sector blitz aimed at preventing a "false sense of security" around dust.

A major employer has been found liable for the hearing loss of an "administrative" worker, with an appeals commission confirming she conducted visits to dangerously noisy sites.

Successfully implementing safety technologies like artificial intelligence surveillance requires employers to overcome the mistrust of workers who believe it will be misused by managers, Australia Post's safety and wellbeing general manager says of his organisation's experience.

Workplace safety incidents involving particularly concerning behaviour, or new or emerging risks, are likely to trigger the push for additional WHS orders against prosecuted PCBUs, the 23rd World Congress on Safety and Health at Work has heard.

A worker who claimed she suffered a psychological injury from her employer sending her "very intense" emails on a COVID-19 vaccine mandate has been denied compensation, with a commission finding there was nothing unreasonable about the employer's communication.

"Every single" incident of workplace harm is preventable and "a great deal of liability" circles company leaders who fail to proactively address safety issues, the head of a WHS regulator has told the 23rd World Congress on Safety and Health at Work.