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Advances in predictive analytics will make it easier for employers to foresee and prevent safety incidents, but low-probability disasters such as oil rig failures are likely to "defy prediction", according to a US expert on occupational medicine.

A new European report has outlined how employers in a highly hazardous industry have reduced workers' exposure to violence, infectious diseases and other risks.

White-collar workers are more likely than their blue-collar counterparts to suffer thoracic spine pain, French researchers have found.

A major employer has slashed the injury rate in one of its businesses by introducing journey management plans, a safety ownership program and other initiatives, according to its latest sustainability report.

Reducing suicide rates under Mates in Construction's suicide-prevention strategy is not only good for workers and their families, but saves industry and government millions of dollars, according to a report.

• SWA to transform WHS reporting under 10-year plan; and
  
• New workers' comp laws coming soon in WA.

An organisation has slashed its incident-related costs by 93 per cent, by giving "peer groups" more control over safety decisions and targets, a conference has heard.

The Australian Mines and Metals Association has outlined how FIFO employers can improve site safety through their recruitment processes.

A major mining company that introduced 12 "life-saving choices" under its fatality-prevention program has reduced its total recordable injury frequency rate by 21 per cent, but two of its contractors were killed in 2013-14.

An employer that holds lunchtime yoga sessions, and encourages workers to volunteer for a community initiative during business hours, has reduced absenteeism and increased productivity.