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Employers warned about year-round heat hazards; NSW and Tasmania release high-risk-licence guides; New report shows high work fatality rate in March and in NSW; and WorkSafe Victoria announces safety "champions", updates fees schedule.

The Queensland Coroner has, in an inquest into a teenage worker's motorcycle death, questioned the reach of OHS awareness campaigns, and called for proposed PPE rules to be introduced into law.

The recent doubling of a large fatality-related fine in Victoria shows that employers must go the extra mile to ensure employees and contractors are adhering to their safety management systems, according to an OHS lawyer.

NSW and WA work deaths spark risk-assessment call; South Australia offers OHS research grants, releases formwork guide; and Essential safety news from around Australia.

Workers must be properly instructed on their role in maintenance work conducted by third parties, the NSW Industrial Court has found in convicting a director and an employer, and fining another employer $220,000, over a runaway-truck death.

Training not provided to worker who was crushed to death; Employers fined $105k after fridge falls on worker's foot; and Time and thought needed for implementation of safe practices.

A fatality fine imposed on a Victorian employer, whose OHS manager allowed workers to disregard safety procedures, has been doubled to $500,000 on appeal.

Harmonisation sparks demand for OHS experts; and Employer fined $200k for isolation failure after electrocution.

Western Australian employers fined over double explosion fatality; and Victorian employer and director breached safety laws eight months after fatality conviction.

Fatality rate linked to falling objects increasing; and Western Australian employer fined after fall for overlooking specifications.