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• Gig economy workers demand WHS work groups and HSRs;
  
• Tough dangerous goods penalties and WHS changes pass in Vic and ACT; and
  
• Work safety and RTW winners announced in NSW and Vic.

In this update, OHS Alert revisits all the important work health and safety and workers' compensation legislative changes from the third quarter of 2019. We also recap the most significant court and tribunal rulings and other developments from across the country.

• Workplace stress training urged for World Mental Health Day;
  
• Alerts with tips issued after trench and formwork collapse; and
  
• Safe ladder system among WHS and RTW winners in Qld.

• Walk to work and hold walking meetings tomorrow;
  
• Pre-start checks urged after death, alerts issued in three jurisdictions; and
  
• WHS exemptions made for ACT chemicals, ARPANSA releases guide.

• Employers without "safety resets" to be named in Parliament;
  
• WHS Amendment Bill improves accountability in ACT;
  
• Workers' comp changes for police pass in Tas; and
  
• New dangerous goods guide for all WA duty holders released.

• WHS blitz report sheds light on regulatory activities;
  
• Dedicated psychological health officer to improve WHS performance; and
  
• Alerts issued after fatality, drum burns and fall.

A fatal work vehicle explosion was triggered by an exposed wire in a storage compartment containing a gas cylinder, which wasn't stored in accordance with the relevant Australian Standards, codes of practice or safety data sheets, an inquest has found.

A PCBU accused of failing to take steps to prevent a worker's fingers being amputated, and another that allegedly failed to comply with its own asbestos-removal plan, have been allowed to enter low-spend WHS undertakings in lieu of prosecution.

• "Safety reset" agreed on after string of fatalities;
  
• PCBU allegedly failed to act on induction advice before death;
  
• Health department charged with OHS discrimination; and
  
• Prohibition notice numbers nearly tripled in ACT.

• Two-year exemption from new WHS clauses granted in NSW;
  
• Vic passes controversial cancer Bill, offers more WorkWell grants; and
  
• Alerts issued after fatalities, traumatic amputations and other incidents.