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• 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.

• VWA name scrapped, WorkSafe Victoria returns;
  
• NSW releases new draft mirror WHS Mines Code;
  
• Worker pleads guilty to 15 counts of injury fraud; and
  
• NSW and WA issue alerts and investigate incidents.

Sedentary workers who experience pain from exposure to vibrations and other risk factors are more likely than others to suffer from stress - and they're less likely to take sick leave, creating further issues, Australian researchers have found.

A worker's claim that she failed a drug test because her drink was spiked during her roster break was scientifically implausible, a commissioner has found, but he commended her employer for properly investigating the issue before sacking her.

A coronial inquiry into the death of a Queensland worker, who was crushed in a forklift, has found his employer had no safety management standards at the time of the incident.

Two BHP Coal workers who were sacked for unsafely using their mobile phones while operating heavy machinery have successfully challenged their dismissals in the Fair Work Commission.

• Capped workers' comp premiums promised for large NSW employers; and
  
• Safety regulators release alerts and other publications.

• Employers fined $450k over death after worker's concerns ignored;
  
• WorkCover psychiatrist lied to keep patients in hospital; and
  
• Agencies issue safety advice for new year.

• Employers fined $265k after death and conveyor incidents;
  
• Males dominate injury stats as claims costs increase; and
  
• SWA releases information sheets for construction sector.