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A sole trader has been handed a record fine under Queensland's mirror WHS Act, after an untrained casual worker was killed. Meanwhile, a dive company has been fined for safety breaches following the death of a UK tourist.

• Could workplace diesel exhaust be more hazardous than we think?
  
• Chain-of-responsibility sessions coming to four states; and
  
• Ministers appointed to oversee WHS harmonisation in WA.

An employer has been fined for failing to ensure a safe work method statement addressed a fatality-causing task - the performance of which was "at the outer level of foreseeability" by the employer.

A Queensland council has been fined $170,000 for failing to implement a safe system for reversing plant, after a fatality, while a UK worker has been jailed for focusing on her mobile phone instead of a vulnerable client, who died.

• "Alarming" statistics prompt $3.2m safety campaign;
  
• Deserted worker loses three fingers; and
  
• Anti-violence training for paramedics designed by hostage experts.

• Employer commits $1.2m to WHS EU and rectifications; and
  
• NSW cabinet includes new IR and Better Regulation Ministers.

• Hazard register guides fatality-prevention;
  
• Employers fined $105k over crush injuries, major slurry spill; and
  
• Unguarded shredder amputates all fingers on teenager's hand.

Two employers have been fined, while another company and a manager have been charged, after a worker was scalped and another sustained serious burns in an explosion. Meanwhile, a regulator has called for employers to prioritise safety, after Victoria experienced its worst year for fatalities in nearly a decade.

An employer has committed $113,000 to raising awareness of a contagious disease, after its vaccination system failed and four workers were exposed to and contracted the illness. Meanwhile, another employer has introduced a cutting-edge forklift management system under a $225,000 enforceable undertaking.

Three Victorian companies and their directors could face maximum safety fines totalling $4.7 million, after being charged over an excavation collapse.