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• Safety management systems due soon in NSW;
  
• Second coal burst occurs at double-fatality site;
  
• Regulators issue tree, silo and pesticide alerts; and
  
• ReturnToWork SA announces new CEO.

A major retail employer has committed more than $400,000 to streamlining its manual handling processes and other safety initiatives, after two employees pushed a roll cage into a customer, seriously injuring him.

A compliance program for repeat safety offenders will focus on whether leaders in convicted South Australian businesses are meeting their due diligence obligations under section 27 of the Work Health and Safety Act.

• Safety regulator issues GHS warning; and
  
• New "atlas" to map banned chemicals in Qld.

Workers potentially exposed to asbestos fibres in the latest import debacle appear to have gotten a lucky break, having used PPE to guard against another hazardous substance.

An employer has been handed a record-high OHS fine following its "misconceived" refusal to accept legal responsibility for a fatality.

• NSW makes safety regs and code, lauds asbestos changes;
  
• SafeWork SA's new regulatory model commences today; and
  
• Catastrophically injured workers now covered for life in ACT.

In this article, OHS Alert examines the latest safety and workers' comp developments in five jurisdictions, including the release of new workers' comp guidelines, safety regulations, safety alerts and reports.

A Queensland-based business has become the second labour-hire company in a month to be fined heavily for safety breaches in South Australia.

A man who pretended to be a SafeWork SA inspector - possibly to advance his OHS business interests - has been convicted and fined for seven breaches of the WHS Act.