A targeted safety assessment of five mines has found that operators aren't proactively seeking to procure lower-emission diesel engines or informing doctors of the specific health risks faced by workers.
An OHS educator, the former chair of a safety commission and a senior public servant overseeing workplace relations and safety are three of the hundreds of Australians recognised in this year's Australia Day honours list.
The safety benefits of sit-stand desks for sedentary workers with chronic low back pain (LBP) can be enhanced through behavioural counselling and pain self-management, US researchers have found.
With the growing popularity of "eHealth" interventions, employers need to know that not all programs "are equal", and it's crucial to provide the right interventions to the right workers, Australian researchers have stressed.
A worker injured in 1987 has been awarded the costs of ongoing weekly massage sessions, despite a tribunal finding they won't permanently improve her condition.
A unique study of more than 3,000 Canadians suggests that petrol engine emissions are safer than diesel emissions "from a lung cancer perspective", the authors say.
The median direct cost of harassment and bullying-related mental stress workers' comp claims is nearly $25,000 higher than the all-claims cost, according to Safe Work Australia's fourth annual national statement on workplace bullying.
Most employers in two high-risk sectors focus on workers when dealing with musculoskeletal and mental health risks, which is "at odds" with the hierarchy of controls and the need to target sources of risk, according to Australian researchers.
Resilience training - teaching workers to stay psychologically robust when faced with adversity – can "bridge" the benefits of OHS and HR strategies better than traditional wellbeing programs, according to US researchers.
