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• Contraband creating explosive WHS risks; and
  
• Workplace fatality highlights stored-energy hazards.

A major employer that has received two record-high workplace health and safety penalties, and could be fined millions of dollars over two road deaths, has been charged with more WHS contraventions, this time in relation to an ACT incident.

Three companies subjected to WHS improvement and prohibition notices relating to ride restraints have lost their appeals against a recent decision to maintain the notices. A tribunal full bench acknowledged errors in the initial decision, but found safety remained the higher priority.

• Judge's WHS referral triggers government action; and
  
• Power tool causes four serious injuries in five weeks.

A major defence contractor has been convicted and fined $450,000 over a death, after a court heard it had been aware that workers were experiencing difficulties with what turned out to be the fatality-causing task.

A PCBU that failed to properly assess the risks posed by its new work system and equipment has been handed a pre-discount fine of $240,000, after a worker fell and was impaled by a steel bar.

A major employer has been handed a pre-discount WHS fine of $800,000, after a worker was electrocuted just nine weeks after a similar incident that "should have been a significant wake-up call".

Three companies subjected to WHS improvement and prohibition notices relating to ride restraints have failed to stay the operation of the notices, with a tribunal finding the potential loss of revenue does not outweigh the safety risks.

• Worker faces jail for reckless mobile phone breach; and
  
• Electrical safety overhaul to include WHS alignment in Qld.

• Employers and supervisors told how to reduce harmful injury stigma; and
  
• WHS charges include alleged Australian Standards breach.