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Employer fined over runaway truck death; and Failure to act on complaints costs employer $422k.

Safe Work Week puts "spotlight on individual responsibility"; Offshore fatality investigation provides risk assessment lesson; Queensland orders coronial inquiry into insulation scheme death; and Alerts issued on solvents and runaway trucks.

All quad bikes used by Commonwealth employers will either be substituted with less hazardous equipment or retro-fitted with crush-protection devices, the Federal Government announced today.

Black boxes and access to drivers' records key to better truck safety, says ALC; Unions call for compulsory crush-protection devices on quad bikes; Review of Seacare scheme to examine ways to reduce employer premiums; and Alert issued after crane-derailment fatality.

Boral Ltd has focused on driver training, and improving its "three points of contact" practices, on its way to achieving a record-low LTIFR.

Employers must ensure labour-hire workers are trained in isolation procedures, the NSW Industrial Court has stressed in fining two employers more than $240,000 over a triple amputation.

The NSW District Court has handed down its first OHS fine, and appears to have adopted the same approach to safety prosecutions as the Industrial Relations Commission, according to Norton Rose Lawyers partner Michael Tooma.

A NSW worker who was seriously injured when he was struck and dragged by a forklift has been awarded more than $1.17 million in damages, after a judge found Boral Bricks' traffic management system was "cumbersome".

A worker who was sacked after he stopped providing medical information to his employer was unfairly dismissed, Fair Work Australia has found.

Another employer fined over inadequately guarded machine; Killed workers remembered and reported in four jurisdictions; and Closing date extended for safety ambassador of the year nominations.