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An employer that sacked a worker for exposing employees to a "potential catastrophic event" has lost its appeal against reinstating him, but a Fair Work Commission full bench has stripped him of an earlier compensation award.

A worker has been awarded more than $1.3 million in damages for schizophrenia and diabetes arising from a minor work-related hand injury, after successfully appealing to a full Supreme Court.

A NSW employer and its director have been ordered to pay more than $110,000 in fines and costs for illegally dumping asbestos and other waste, while another employer has been ordered to pay nearly $90,000 for exposing workers in a neighbouring industrial estate to harmful fumes. In Western Australia, an employer has been fined for allowing work to be performed with unsafe tools.

Two employers have committed to taking a total of 10 steps to reduce the risks of working with plant and equipment, after two machine operators were seriously injured in unguarded plant.

• Harmonisation of explosives laws examined in SWA paper;
  
• Qld releases new safety guides and scaffold warning;
  
• WA releases draft isolation guide and safety alerts; and
  
• NSW tweaks rules on explosion-protected plant.

• Employer's disregard for notices costs worker three fingers; and
  
• More CFMEU officials charged with entry breaches.

• First WHS enforceable undertaking in SA includes low spend;
  
• SA workers' comp disputes transition to new tribunal.

• Comprehensive safety reporting good for business, says SWA;
  
• Agencies release fatality report and alerts; and
  
• Recalled dangerous cables are still being used, regulator warns.

An employer that allowed a worker to wear gloves while operating plant has been fined $42,000, after her hand was dragged into the machine and her forearm was amputated.

• Don't overlook safety when budgets are tight, NOPSEMA warns;
  
• Heavy vehicle fatality rate rises sharply;
  
• Employers warned of high fines under Operation Austrans; and
  
• Time running out to register for OHS Alert webinar.