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A Western Australian employer has been fined over a crane collision that caused a contractor to suffer complete paraplegia, and that could have been prevented with a $2000 investment.

• Minister appointed to reverse Qld's WHS amendments; and
  
• Eight agencies issue safety alerts, publications and other information.

• Double fatality prompts new electrical rules in WA; and
  
• Electrical Standards breach identified in NSW death probe.

A Western Australian mining company has successfully appealed a decision ordering its retrial over the death of a young worker at a workplace intersection.

• WA employer and worker fined over electrocution; and
  
• Dangerous goods users warned about lightning.

• Victoria launches review into WorkSafe and TAC;
  
• Employer handed $24k bill after truck-loading incident;
  
• WorkSafe WA outlines safety rules for slinging loads;
  
• WorkCover NSW flags special Code for horse work; and
  
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• Crane designer fined for safety breach in WA first;
  
• New harmonised mining and rail laws start in NSW; and
  
• New report shows work death toll much higher than predicted.

• Employer should have "reshaped" site to prevent death;
  
• NZ removes "best practice" term from safety guides;
  
• Tasmania auditing hazardous road works sites; and
  
• Agencies release alerts and publications in four jurisdictions.

The final quarter of 2014 was a busy three months for workplace health and safety and workers' compensation, with major legislative changes and other developments in all jurisdictions. What did you miss?

• VWA name scrapped, WorkSafe Victoria returns;
  
• NSW releases new draft mirror WHS Mines Code;
  
• Worker pleads guilty to 15 counts of injury fraud; and
  
• NSW and WA issue alerts and investigate incidents.