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Employers must conduct "fresh" risk assessments when implementing or changing work tasks, the NSW Industrial Court has found, after a worker suffered burns to 18 per cent of his body in an explosion.

The Queensland Coroner has, in an inquest into a teenage worker's motorcycle death, questioned the reach of OHS awareness campaigns, and called for proposed PPE rules to be introduced into law.

John Holland Pty Ltd and Thiess Pty Ltd have entered into a $225,000 enforceable undertaking with WorkSafe Victoria, after they failed to provide safe systems for loading and securing concrete panels on trailers.

Tasmanian amputee Anthony Young's much-publicised bid for workers' compensation has been dismissed by a full Supreme Court, after it found he was not a "worker" within the meaning of the State workers' comp Act.

The Tasmanian Government will consider strengthening its mirror WHS Act, or developing stand-alone legislation, to improve the health and safety of workers under the age of 19, according to a review of the State's child-labour laws.

Queensland employers not across incident notification requirements; and Worker falls and loses leg after lanyard failure.

A fatality fine imposed on a Victorian employer, whose OHS manager allowed workers to disregard safety procedures, has been doubled to $500,000 on appeal.

Harmonisation sparks demand for OHS experts; and Employer fined $200k for isolation failure after electrocution.

PCBUs must immediately report most eye injuries and injuries that result in "loss of bodily function" to the relevant safety regulator, and preserve the incident site until an inspector arrives, according to a new Safe Work Australia fact sheet.

In another major case involving the issue of "control", the South Australian IRC has, in a majority decision, reinstated an OHS fine imposed on a principal contractor.