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More than 100 doctors are currently undergoing registrarships as specialist occupational physicians in Australia, and will bring the age profile of the profession back into balance, according to the president of Australasian Faculty of Occupational and Environmental Medicine.

Reduced cart mass, flexible handle height and worker training are key factors in minimising musculoskeletal injuries from pushing or pulling loaded carts or trolleys, according to a global study.

• Could workplace diesel exhaust be more hazardous than we think?
  
• Chain-of-responsibility sessions coming to four states; and
  
• Ministers appointed to oversee WHS harmonisation in WA.

A Safe Work Australia report has outlined three categories of WHS key performance indicators that support officers' due diligence obligations, and highlighted the importance of tailoring KPIs to organisational needs.

Epidemiologist Professor Tim Driscoll has outlined the major current and emerging workplace health and safety issues for Australia and other Oceanian nations, in an Oxford University journal.

An ergonomist has urged employers to increase their focus on workstation comfort and look beyond Australian Standards when purchasing furniture.

Job rotation is often used to alleviate physical demands and boredom, and prevent musculoskeletal disorders, but a study has found that one organisation lost more hours to musculoskeletal injuries under a 12-month rotation trial.

• WHS confined space rules clarified by regulator;
  
• NSW targets service stations with low WHS knowledge; and
  
• WA DMP upgrading hygiene sampling system.

An app-based health and wellbeing program has helped a major retailer's employees "join the dots" between their daily habits and their health, and reduced absences.

Dealing with workers' mental health issues takes more than "yoga and fruit bowls", according to a National Mental Health Commissioner, who has outlined strategies for improving mental wellbeing in the workplace.