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• DuPont fined after four workers gassed to death in US;
  
• UK employer and individual fined over fatal fall; and
  
• Australian regulators issue fatality alerts.

Harmonised safety laws for the heavy vehicle sector are being amended to facilitate the introduction of electronic fatigue diaries and increase some penalties by more than 200 per cent. This article also examines related safety initiatives in NSW and the Northern Territory.

• NSW Bill kicks off chemicals harmonisation process;
  
• Morley Galleria alert extended to NSW; and
  
• Lend Lease rejects ETU safety claims.

A NSW employer has promised to spend $100,000 on implementing a human resources information system (HRIS) with a special work health and safety module, after it was accused of breaching the State's mirror WHS Act.

• Most confined-space deaths result from poor training;
  
• Fuel fire, asbestos and horse alerts issued in NSW; and
  
• OHS licences expiring in the Northern Territory.

Major legislative changes occurred in all nine Australian jurisdictions in the first quarter of 2015. This article examines these and other developments in work health and safety and workers' compensation.

• Workers prosecuted for risking colleagues' safety;
  
• Employer fined after learner driver of faulty truck hits worker;
  
• Duty holders urged to ditch or modify unsafe quad bikes; and
  
• NSW and Qld issue chemical and fire alerts.

• WA announces record-low WorkCover premiums;
  
• GP trial to speed up RTW process;
  
• Sun safety doesn't end with autumn, says WorkCover Qld; and
  
• NSW issues drowning alert.

Governments are being warned against making "brutal cuts" to their workers' comp schemes as the workforce ages, while WorkCover Queensland has outlined how to improve the health and safety of older workers.

• Warning on fake safety documents extended in WA;
  
• Safety inspectors looking for kids at NSW construction sites; and
  
• SafeWork issues fatality alert and height advice.