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SafeWork SA is likely to prosecute more employers more swiftly for OHS breaches, after the South Australian Government promised to implement every recommendation contained in a Robin Stewart-Crompton report.

The maximum OHS fine recently handed to the manufacturer of the Malu Sara shows that regulators are willing to pursue upstream duty holders, according to lawyers, who have outlined five ways for plant manufacturers and suppliers to comply with safety laws.

Jail warning issued after OHS inspector assaulted; Workers urged to reach out to colleagues after widespread stress revealed; Tasmania releases construction safety guide and other publications; and Alert released after worker suffers microwave burn.

Comcare will over the next 12 months target and take action against employers that tolerate workplace bullying and a culture of "alcohol harm", according to its health and safety general manager, Neil Quarmby.

Western Australian employer fined for isolation failure after 15-year-old permanently injured; and Western Australia and the Northern Territory step up synthetic cannabis bans.

The Heads of Workplace Safety Authorities (HWSA) have from four comprehensive campaigns found that many employers are failing to ensure forklift and scaffolding work and manual tasks are performed safely, and are calling on businesses to promote higher-order controls.

Safe Work Australia has released its second suite of mine-specific draft model Codes of Practice for public comment, but the harmonisation process suffered another hiccup on Friday, with the Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry declining to endorse the draft Regulations at the SWA members meeting in Sydney.

Near-maximum safety fines handed to a South Australian employer and a director following the 2006 Gladstone factory explosion - which killed three workers - are likely to be reduced, after the Industrial Relations Court found the cause of the explosion was not as clear cut as a magistrate found it to be.

The Federal Court has imposed the maximum fine of $242,000 on the manufacturer of the Malu Sara, describing the Commonwealth-commissioned vessel, which took five lives when it sank in the Torres Strait, as "dangerously unseaworthy".

Workplace germ control urged as flu cases spiral; Unwary employers at risk of breastfeeding discrimination; and WorkCover NSW releases "officer" fact sheet, appoints new workers' comp bosses.