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Fatigued workers are significantly more likely than their non-tired counterparts to experience difficulties with everyday activities like walking - making otherwise routine tasks hazardous, researchers have found.

• Five WHS Codes for mining take effect in NSW;
  
• NHVR extends fatigue-diary exemption and amends auditing rules; and
  
• NT releases safety guide for seafood workers, says days of ignored lunchroom posters are over.

The father of a worker who died in a car crash on her way home from work has been awarded nearly $500,000 in compensation, after the NSW WCC found the incident was covered by the State's restricted journey laws because of the woman's work-related fatigue.

European researchers have found shift work impairs workers' cognitive functioning, and warn the problem could have a significant impact on safety outcomes as the number of shift-work roles increases.

• Employers fined $470k over death and fatigue breaches;
  
• SA's presumptive cancer comp laws extended to volunteers; and
  
• Workers killed in nine industries in July, while five workers killed in 11 days.

Shift workers are more likely than others to be obese and suffer other health issues, and should be encouraged to keep a food diary, researchers have told the International Congress of Occupational Health in Adelaide.

European researchers have identified a link between disturbed sleep and the onset of radiating low back pain, and urge employers to provide workers with advice on how to get adequate sleep.

Workers who are exposed to little natural light at their workplaces are more likely to sleep poorly and be fatigued, increasing the risk of errors and injuries, US researchers have found.

Shifts separated by less than 11 hours increase workers' risk of developing sleeping problems and other long-term health issues, but longer breaks can negate the impact, according to new research.

Employers have a duty to advise their workers of the risks of driving home after night shift, Western Australia's highest court has found, but it rejected a permanently injured shift worker's bid for $1 million in damages.