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• Regulators raise alarm after amputations and falls;
  
• Qld regulators investigate string of work deaths and issue alert; and
  
• Vic issues battery, entanglement and asbestos alerts.

Five weeks ago, Safe Work Australia reported the lowest annual traumatic injury fatality rate on record. Since then, Victoria has reported its worst month for workplace fatalities in more than a decade, the Queensland mining sector has reported its highest fatality rate since 1997, and the 2015 national work-related death toll has surged.

In this article, OHS Alert outlines recent safety and workers' comp developments from NSW, Western Australia, Victoria, South Australia, Tasmania and the Commonwealth jurisdiction.

Two employers have committed to spending a total of $600,000 on an online documentation management system, safety email alerts and other programs, after being accused of WHS breaches.

• Go Home on Time Day today;
  
• NSW launches another workers' comp review, this time on self-insurance; and
  
• SafeWork NSW issues heat warning.

• NSW considering coverage of new RTW benefits;
  
• Lump sum amendment made today;
  
• Workers' comp "re-think" demanded in Victoria; and
  
• Tasmania introduces WHS plan for police.

NSW has introduced a new workers' compensation incentive regime to ensure medium-to-large employers with good safety and return-to-work records contribute no more than a third of the total premium pool.

• Worker with fake crane licence fined for WHS breaches; and
  
• Safety briefs from five jurisdictions.

An investigation into the deaths of two mine workers has found that managers neglected to consider international research that identified the risk that caused the fatal incident.

• Register for our WHS legal lessons webinar;
  
• Regulator releases details of $700k safety fine;
  
• WA welcomed to national rail safety regime; and
  
• Alerts issued after three fatalities and leg amputation.