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In a world first, medical experts have found a link between occupational exposure to oil mists and meningioma, a common benign brain tumour.

A leading occupational physician has urged employers to do more to help sick or injured employees continue working to improve their mental health and recovery, on the release of a recommendation against doctors unnecessarily certifying workers as incapacitated.

High-profile UK guidelines on the amount of time that desk-based workers should spend sitting, standing and moving at work were co-authored by a man who sold sit-stand desks, and appear to make unrealistic recommendations for reducing sitting time, Australian researchers have found.

In a world-first study, Australian researchers have identified an association between suicide ideation, attempts and death, and the psychosocial job stressors that more than one in five Australian workers are exposed to.

BHP is working with contractors to tackle the persistent problem of noise-induced hearing loss, and enhancing its dust controls after seven current and former employees were diagnosed with the incurable disease black lung, the mining giant claims in its latest sustainability report.

Employers developing or amending drug and alcohol policies must determine the organisation's risk profile and consult with all stakeholders, or risk hindering policy roll-out, according to a Caltex webinar delivered under the terms of a WHS undertaking.

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• Safety alerts, guides and initiatives released in five states.

A major study on the health effects of the Deepwater Horizon disaster has identified an association between crude-oil exposure and a range of acute physical symptoms, including some not previously linked to the hazardous substance.

Employers have been warned against overlooking the negative health impacts of prolonged standing, after researchers found that workers who are required to stand all day are twice as likely to develop heart disease than their more sedentary counterparts.

An employer contributed to a worker with cancer developing a smoking habit by allowing smokers to have longer rest breaks than their non-smoking colleagues, a tribunal has ruled.