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Western Australian employer fined over death after string of drum explosions; Employers urged to train young workers to voice OHS concerns; Workplace flu vaccinations critical with epidemic looming; South Australian workers urged to promote OHS in online campaign; and Tasmanian safety awards open.

BHPB handed $430k bill for hazard-assessment breach that led to death; Hundreds of WA trucks stopped in dangerous-goods blitz; and Bill introduced to establish national asbestos-eradication agency.

Western Australian and Queensland employers have been ordered to pay more than $100,000 in fines and costs after one worker was seriously injured while loading a vehicle for an untrained driver, and another fell through an unprotected void.

WA employer fined for notification breach and drum explosion; Missing locking pin leads to work fatality; and Northern Territory introduces seven-year jail terms for assault of workers.

Two Western Australian employers have been ordered to pay more than $80,000 in fines and costs for separate high-risk work breaches, one of which created "a high potential for serious injury or death from electrocution or explosion".

BHPB convicted of JHA breach after WA worker's death; Western Australian worker fatally struck by glass sheets; and Three Victorian employers fined after contractor death and work injuries.

Transport-industry employers must carefully prepare and train their workers in emergency breakdown procedures, the Western Australian Coroner has advised, after a truck driver became stranded in the desert and died.

A Commonwealth employee, who collapsed at his desk after receiving a critical email from his supervisor, has lost his bid for incapacity payments. Also in this article, a Western Australian employer has been fined over an amputation.

WA employer fined for emergency-stop breach, as WorkSafe investigates death; Queensland issues fatality alert and snorkelling safety guide; and Victorian safety and RTW award winners announced.

DIY-related deaths reported by new mesothelioma registry; WA employer fined for EWP fall, and for failing to learn from incident; and Victorian safety and RTW inspectors to target Swan Hill.