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• Injured doctor awarded $959k in Pel-Air case;
  
• Man fined heavily for intimidating WorkCover inspector; and
  
• Survey to guide workers' comp improvements.

A regulator's power to obtain information under the model WHS Act isn't blocked by state borders or limited to documents that specifically refer to health and safety matters, the NSW Supreme Court has found in rejecting an employer's appeal against a $114,000 penalty.

Workers' comp disputes will be simplified, and exceptions made to caps on medical coverage and permanent impairment claims, under recommendations the WorkCover Independent Review Office is likely to make to the NSW Government.

A full Federal Court has confirmed that the Fair Work Act doesn't block injured NSW workers from accruing leave while they're receiving incapacity payments.

A NSW delivery driver has been awarded nearly $1 million in damages for a serious ankle injury, which he sustained after a construction site supervisor directed him to unload heavy materials on an uneven surface instead of a nearby loading dock.

A NSW employer convicted of OHS breaches recently has been fined less than 10 per cent of the maximum penalty because of its "well-established and sound" safety management systems.

• Royal Commission into rising WA work deaths demanded;
  
• Safety alerts issued in three jurisdictions; and
  
• High-risk licences expiring in South Australia.

A landmark NSW Supreme Court decision, thought to be the first of its kind in the world, shows employees can now pursue compensation for PTSD as a "bodily injury", according to the lawyer of a worker awarded damages in the case.

• DuPont fined after four workers gassed to death in US;
  
• UK employer and individual fined over fatal fall; and
  
• Australian regulators issue fatality alerts.

• NSW Bill kicks off chemicals harmonisation process;
  
• Morley Galleria alert extended to NSW; and
  
• Lend Lease rejects ETU safety claims.