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Researchers have identified a string of occupations and chemical agents linked to a certain type of cancer, and warned that efforts to identify occupational causes of cancer in females are lagging, resulting in missed opportunities for prevention.

• Employers must destroy certain COVID vaccine records in Vic;
  
• Untrained workers handed chemical job, employer fined; and
  
• Crane supplier charged with safety offences.

• More duty holders plead guilty to White Island breaches; and
  
• Carbon monoxide warning issued after forklift incident.

• WHS regulator offers tips for controlling harassment risks;
  
• WHS Bill affecting parliamentarians passes in ACT; and
  
• Workplace safety laws aligned to address lead (Pb) risks in Qld.

• GHS 7 reminder issued as WHS guidance updated; and
  
• Safer exposure limit demanded for common workplace carcinogen.

A company has been fined nearly $3 million for workplace safety and environmental breaches, in relation to chemical stockpiling and fire incidents that contributed to the Victorian Government's decision to introduce new recklessness offences attracting jail time.

Nearly nine out of 10 workers in a notoriously dangerous industry have been exposed to a highly hazardous process, and many of them have a life-threatening disease, Australian researchers have found.

• Work-related diseases registry to enable WHS actions; and
  
• Many WHS notices issued to stone sites, health monitoring poor.

A PCBU that failed to prevent workers from taking contaminated clothing home, or tell a labourer he needed to be clean-shaven when wearing a mask, has been convicted and fined for category-3 WHS breaches.

A company whose customers and workers accounted for all but one of the 22 deaths in the Whakaari/White Island disaster has pleaded guilty to mid-level breaches of workplace health and safety laws.