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A medical panel denied a worker procedural fairness when it went outside the "parameters" of his injury dispute to find his traumatic experience as a refugee caused his psychological injury, a superior court has found in rejecting an employer's appeal.

Workplaces continue to react to musculoskeletal injuries rather than implementing primary prevention interventions, inhibiting the reduction of work-related musculoskeletal disorders, according to WorkSafe WA's human factors and ergonomics principal scientific officer.

Employers contemplating investing in wearable technology to prevent musculoskeletal injuries should identify the specific WHS gaps in their operations that the technology can fill, an icare injury prevention and intervention specialist says.

Many employers continue to rely on administrative controls like training in lifting techniques and stretching to tackle work-related musculoskeletal disorder (WMSD) risks, despite strong evidence that these strategies don't work, according to a report prepared for Safe Work Australia.

An Australian project involving wearable sensors has found certain common manual handling tasks in the healthcare sector are far more hazardous than previously thought, and identified cost-effective ways to control the risks.

• Supervisor allowed workers in danger zone;
  
• Blitzes reveal hazardous substance breaches, target tower cranes; and
  
• Tools for electing safety reps and the liquor industry released in WA.

A "revamped" workplace health and safety committee was key to an employer turning a newly-acquired unit from its worst WHS performer into its best, according to its acting CEO.

Will wearable technology like exoskeletons become mandatory personal protective equipment in the workplace? A major symposium on their safety and usability has examined the issue.

A major employer has responded to a serious maintenance incident by eliminating a manual handling task, and pumping more than $300,000 into the development of a new fall arrest system that it will distribute to other companies in its industry.

An injured worker has been awarded nearly $500,000 in damages, after a court found his employer's decision to reposition lifting equipment required him to exert dangerous levels of force to move it.