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It has cost an ACT employer $60 a week to change its workers' attitudes towards being healthy by making fruit and vegetables readily available at the workplace.

Some 31 of the 45 national reforms aimed at reducing regulatory variations between the states and territories, and saving businesses $4 billion in the process, have been achieved or are on track, but a COAG report shows a number of safety-related reforms have a long way to go.

An ACT employer that failed to instruct a worker not to unload and carry heavy equipment on his own has been ordered to pay him $752,000 in damages, after he sustained a serious ankle injury.

New SWA and quad bike reports reveal fatality spike; and New safety alerts and guides issued in four jurisdictions.

In this article, OHS Alert revisits all the important work health and safety and workers' compensation legislation news from the final quarter of 2013. We also examine the most significant court and tribunal rulings and other developments in each jurisdiction.

SWA adds 10 chemicals to hazardous substance system; SA Libs promise cancer compensation for all volunteer firefighters; ACT employers ordered to cease operating after asbestos scare; Another SA director fined for OHS breaches; and Alerts issued after confined space and explosives incidents.

Road Safety Remuneration Tribunal is "overly simplistic", says Ai Group; and Essential safety and workers' comp news from six jurisdictions.

Employers are being urged to "think more broadly" about who could be affected by heat hazards, with soaring temperatures forecast for much of Australia over the next few days.

An ACT company director was reluctant to tell older workers how to use ramps to lift heavy objects because he thought he "would not have been well liked" if he did so, the Supreme Court has found in ordering the company to pay an injured worker $1.4 million in damages.

Eighteen fatigue management tips; Comments sought on the use of fatigue and speed technology in trucks; and Don't forget to register plant and plant designs in the ACT.