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Workplace exposure limits for diesel emissions are likely to be set under the national model WHS laws, with a major Safe Work Australia-commissioned report finding the prevention of diesel-related cancers and other diseases hinges on keeping exposure levels low.

A company has failed to overturn a $2 million-plus damages ruling examining the "transfer of employment". It unsuccessfully contended it was not vicariously liable for a labour-hire worker's negligence that caused a crush injury to a fellow employee.

An ongoing investigation into an incident that could have resulted in a major methane explosion in a mine has highlighted the WHS duties to implement and maintain ventilation control plans underpinned by frequent inspections and tests.

A superior court has quashed a decision acquitting a worker of recklessly contributing to a fatal crushing, ruling that the requisite test for a guilty verdict was whether the worker foresaw it was possible, rather than probable, that a death would occur.

Simple "how to" WHS Codes of Practice will be developed under an accepted recommendation from a major inquiry into a spike in agricultural fatalities, which identified risks created by COVID-19, unsuitable imported machinery and industrial manslaughter laws.

• Second company fined after sinkhole devours vehicles; and
  
• Presumptive cancer list to cover female workers in Tas.

The workplace safety fine imposed on a company in relation to a triple road fatality has been increased by nearly 70 per cent, with an appeals court majority finding its "failure to adopt a more rigorous testing regime" for vehicle components involved a "significant departure" from its duty to non-workers.

A PCBU has been fined for category-3 WHS breaches at a site where a fatality occurred - an incident that also led to the largest WHS-undertaking spend in NSW history.

A local government worker who was accused of breaching safety guidelines, and possibly WHS laws, has failed to overturn his dismissal for operating plant in a reckless manner and showing little concern for his own and others' safety.

A PCBU has been handed a pre-discount WHS fine of $600,000, after a worker suffered fatal head injuries in an incident involving an unsafely modified work box and a forklift operated by an inexperienced apprentice.