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A major employer has been ordered to pay a record $850,000 in fines and costs, after it failed to implement measures that would have prevented an intoxicated contractor from causing an "extremely dangerous" chemical spill, which injured two workers.

• WHS incentive schemes must focus on lead indicators;
  
• Guidance on new safety duties and fatigue released; and
  
• Three CoR parties fined for one dangerous goods incident.

• Safety-recall laws and other Bills progress in Vic; and
  
• SA and Qld step up action against unsafe foams.

A nurse has been denied workers' compensation for golden staph on appeal, after a court found she failed to establish the "impossibility or at least significant unlikelihood" of her being exposed to the disease outside of work.

A safety regulator has vowed to take enforcement action if any WHS breaches are identified in its investigation into NSW's first case of black lung disease in four decades.

A European study has identified a link between a substance used in the healthcare industry and a deadly motor neuron disease, as well as a positive association between the disease and two occupations.

• Move your monitor to reduce strain injuries;
  
• New safety rules for quads and other vehicles commence in Qld;
  
• Alerts issued after trainee crash and gas incidents; and
  
• Did you miss our latest quarterly update?

State and territory WHS regulators will be required to penalise and issue removal orders to all supply chain parties involved in the illegal importation of asbestos, under strict liability laws recommended to a national inquiry.

Fines for failing to safely handle or dispose of asbestos have increased 10-fold in Western Australia, in an effort to curb mesothelioma rates.

The model Work Health and Safety Regulations are being amended to reduce the accepted levels of a toxic substance in fumes and workers' blood, after WHS ministers agreed to the changes.