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• Change management tool wins major safety prize; and
  
• Safety alerts issued in three jurisdictions.

Essential Energy has been fined $300,000 after a worker was electrocuted, while an individual has been fined $160,000 for WHS breaches after a worker was killed operating a vehicle without a protective device deployed.

• Repeat offender fined for sixth guarding breach; and
  
• NT WorkSafe gets new minister and department.

An employer's WHS fine for a workplace death has been slashed by more than 50 per cent, after it agreed to publish details of the offence in newspapers.

A NSW employer and two workers have become the first parties in the State to be charged under section 31 of the harmonised WHS laws, after a non-worker was electrocuted.

Workers potentially exposed to asbestos fibres in the latest import debacle appear to have gotten a lucky break, having used PPE to guard against another hazardous substance.

A regulator has warned Pokémon GO players to stay clear of unsafe work sites, and called for employers to block their entry. It has also issued an average of nearly seven improvement notices per workplace during a recent safety blitz.

• Carbon monoxide poisoning reveals flaws in safety system; and
  
• Fatality alerts and new toll released.

• Employers get anti-violence powers in ACT;
  
• New safety regulations restrict e-cigarettes; and
  
• NSW releases new workers' comp tool, fees and fatality alert.

An employer that modified a machine without conducting a risk assessment has been fined for safety breaches, after a worker's fingers were amputated. Meanwhile, another employer has been allowed to withdraw its OHS guilty plea, after discovering an injured worker might have ignored a warning sign.