Employers that operate heavy vehicles have been "challenged" to review and overhaul their fatigue management systems, after a company's national operations manager was sentenced to three years' jail for recklessness that led to the deaths of four police officers.
Research spanning 24 years has discovered an increased risk of death from dementia associated with workplace exposures that are also linked to heart and lung-related mortality, underscoring the need to minimise exposure incidents and levels.
A worker's pericarditis from his third COVID-19 vaccination was significantly contributed to by his employment and is compensable, a tribunal has ruled in examining vaccine mandates and the operation of emergency management laws.
A commission has rejected an injured worker's claim he was unlawfully discriminated against when his employer refused his return-to-work request despite his medical clearance, finding the employer reasonably maintained concerns over his ability to perform his duties safely.
Australian researchers have found the rate of same-level falls in workplaces is set to surge among a major group of workers, and urged employers to implement tailored interventions, including for remote-work arrangements.
An employer's multiple efforts to engineer out a safety risk failed to prevent a worker's serious crush injuries because of the absence of supplementary administrative controls, a court has found in fining the employer.
An eight-item questionnaire to detect sleep apnoea in at-risk workers has proved to be an effective and low-cost way to screen a workforce for a condition that poses significant safety and health risks, researchers say.
The first duty holder to be charged under Western Australia's Work Health and Safety Act has become the first entity to enter a WHS undertaking in the State, with its $1.47 million worth of enforceable commitments aligning with the recommendations from a parliamentary inquiry into workplace s-xual harassment.