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• Industry Standard for deadly EWPs amended in Vic; and
  
• Silica breaches attract penalty as new Code commences.

• "Priority" industries examined in latest at-work fatality report; and
  
• Regulator lays charges over one death, investigates another.

• Dual duty holders fined for traffic management failings; and
  
• Alleged PPE and hose failings result in $200k EU.

A company has lost its renewed bid to avoid a hefty compensation bill, with an appeals court rejecting its claim that an incident that injured a delivery driver at one of its worksites was a "transport accident" that wasn't covered by workers' comp laws.

• Director barred for safety breaches, consignor targeted;
  
• Compliance Codes for silica made and revoked in Vic;
  
• Workers' comp changes introduced in Tas;
  
• Healthy workplaces service launched in SA; and
  
• Cheong gets permanent WHS director role in NT.

A nurse who was initially charged with recklessly attending work when she had COVID-19 - an offence potentially attracting jail time - has been fined $25,000 for failing to take reasonable care for the health and safety of people at her high-risk workplace.

A company director accused of forklift-related negligence could be jailed for up to 25 years, after becoming the first party to be charged with workplace manslaughter in Victoria.

The Fair Work Commission has affirmed that working safely, in a way that doesn't put fellow workers or the public at risk, is an inherent requirement of a job, in a dismissal case involving a former WorkSafe Victoria lawyer who breached vaccine rules.

• Safety regulator controversially closes bullying probe in Vic; and
  
• AiG slams WHS provisions commencing in ACT on Monday.

High-risk work licence holders and the entities that engage them have been warned to operate plant within the rated capacities and capabilities, while a regulator has outlined seven steps employers can take to manage wet weather hazards, with torrential rain forecast.