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Binding return-to-work Codes take effect in Victoria; and Western Australian workers' comp and safety authorities announce changes.

In a horrific case that illustrates the "grave risk" of conducting hot work near a fuel source, a NSW employer has been fined $200,000 after a worker surrounded by flames jumped nine metres to his death.

A Queensland employer should have assessed the risk of lifting a five kilogram canister, even though it was just one of the thousands of pieces of small equipment regularly handled by its staff, the Court of Appeal has ruled in awarding an injured worker $640,000 in damages.

South Australia will today become the first Australian jurisdiction to introduce the model Work Health and Safety Bill to its Parliament.

Employer fined $100K for lack of workers' comp cover; ACT safety awards open; and Absence of IR Minister in NSW concerning, say unions.

In this update, OHS Alert outlines all the important OHS and workers' compensation legislative changes made in the first quarter of 2011. We also recap the most significant court and tribunal rulings and other developments in each jurisdiction.

NSW employer Dairy Farmers did everything in its power to ensure staff understood its code of conduct and email policy, Fair Work Australia has ruled, in finding seven employees were rightly sacked for distributing inappropriate emails.

In a case that highlights the risk of giving inappropriate instructions to subcontractors, a NSW employer that directed a non-employee to work in a "no go zone" has been fined $180,000, after he was killed by a moving vehicle.

Stressed worker wins payout after "horseplay" deemed harassment; Study finds safety gaps in sustainability reports; and Fatality alerts and other safety publications released.

Australia's work-related fatality rate falling; and ACT workplace surveillance law takes effect.