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Employers should ensure any PPE they buy is certified under Australian Standards, but this isn't as straightforward as it seems, says SAI Global's health and safety product services team leader.

Employers are being urged to look beyond "soft" risk management barriers to prevent the interaction of light vehicles and heavy machinery at worksites, after a mine worker's ute was crushed by a 100-tonne dozer.

Workers who apply to the Fair Work Commission for a stop-bullying order cannot claim they were "bullied at work" prior to 1 January 2014, because the anti-bullying laws didn't apply at the time, the Australian Industry Group will argue in a test case today.

The NSW WCC has found that workplace conflict didn't cause a worker's psychological injury, and that the timeframe for an investigation into his alleged misconduct was reasonable.

A NSW employer that failed to ensure structural engineers complied with the relevant OHS Regulations and Standards when they inspected its Ferris wheel has been fined in the IRC, after a gondola fell four metres from the ride and seriously injured three teenage passengers.

OHS risk assessments should address the specific needs of menopausal women to ensure the working environment doesn't exacerbate their symptoms, according to the UK's Trades Union Congress (TUC).

A South Australian employer that failed to ensure a safety audit of its business covered a machine that was temporarily out of use has been fined $51,000, after a worker's fingers were severed.

The Fair Work Commission has described a union's defence of a worker who was sacked for a serious drug breach as "illogical", but stressed that dismissing workers shouldn't be the automatic response to failed workplace drug tests.

Asking colleagues who exhibit suicidal warning signs, such as talking about tidying up affairs, if they are suicidal won't "tip them over the edge", but "provide a starting point for a solution", a new suicide position statement says.

Safety professionals are being warned not to become "stuck in an administrative control mind-set", after a US study found workplace incident investigation reports rarely recommend higher-order controls.