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Two employers have committed to spending a total of nearly $350,000 on enhancing their WHS systems and replacing unsafe equipment, after a contractor was injured in a forklift incident and six workers were exposed to asbestos in a hospital.

• Safety reprimands better than dismissals, lawyers say;
  
• One-strike policy demanded for asbestos crimes; and
  
• Incident-prevention strategy and alerts released.

• Series of construction deaths prompts warnings in NSW and Qld; and
  
• Wall-chasing workers exposed to numerous health hazards.

A NSW employer has committed more than $200,000 to overhauling its safety management system and providing WHS training to staff, after being accused of WHS breaches.

New safety regulations for the NSW mining and petroleum industries take effect today, completing the harmonisation of WHS laws for the State resources sector.

• Simple steps would have prevented non-employee injury;
  
• Victorians fined after forklift and horseplay incidents; and
  
• NSW EPA issues big transport and asbestos infringement notices.

A NSW employer and its director have been fined for failing to comply with a WHS Code of Practice and using an unsuitable ladder, after a worker suffered fatal injuries in a fall.

In this article, OHS Alert examines new high-risk licensing requirements, fatality reports, safety warnings and guidance from NSW, the Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Western Australia and the Commonwealth jurisdiction.

• Australia crawls towards safer exposure standards;
  
• Regulator reveals strategies behind falling blood lead levels; and
  
• Fatality report and warnings released.

• Don't forget injured workers over Christmas, regulator warns;
  
• "Squeaky clean" policy fails to prevent drum explosion; and
  
• Widespread safety breaches found in Coles blitz.