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Coronial inquiries into the deaths of three Victorian workers, who were electrocuted after vehicles struck overhead powerlines, have found that at-risk workers are provided with little site-specific information about the hazard.

The Fair Work Commission has upheld a company's sacking of a supervisor who risked a "catastrophic explosion" when he interrupted the operation of plant to conduct training and left it running unsafely for several hours.

• Workers' comp fraudster pretended to be twin brother; and
  
• SA and NSW issue warnings after heavy vehicle fatalities.

• "Perceptions" report identifies manufacturing safety gaps; and
  
• Safe Rates Tribunal releases CIT inquiry report.

• Fatality-related switchgear warning directed at miners;
  
• Qld and Vic regulators investigating forklift and fall deaths; and
  
• WA launches safety resource for small business.

An electrical worker was validly sacked for failing to conduct a pre-task risk assessment twice within two months, the Fair Work Commission has found.

An employer has been convicted of OHS breaches after one of its supervisors identified a hazard but failed to tell anyone or implement control measures, and a worker was subsequently struck by falling coal and seriously injured.

An employer has been found not guilty of failing to ensure the safety of three contractors, after the NSW District Court found it had adequate measures to control the risk of hazardous plant and materials.

• Employer should have "reshaped" site to prevent death;
  
• NZ removes "best practice" term from safety guides;
  
• Tasmania auditing hazardous road works sites; and
  
• Agencies release alerts and publications in four jurisdictions.

A South Australian employer has been fined $78,000 for failing to train a young worker to isolate plant, after his arm was de-gloved while cleaning a valve. Also in this article, an unsafe employer and a workers' comp fraudster have been fined in Victoria.