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• Director and manager face jail over arm amputation; and
  
• Safe-rates provisions included in Bill that increases WHS penalties.

• "Most egregious" injury fraudster jailed for 22 months; and
  
• High-risk licence fraud prompts reminder of WHS obligations.

A business owner could be jailed for up to five years, after he was charged with reckless conduct relating to a similar incident to one that recently attracted a record WHS penalty. Meanwhile, a train driver who was accused of recklessly using his mobile phone has been sentenced.

In this major must-read report, OHS Alert examines all the key workplace health and safety and workers' compensation developments from the second quarter of 2023, including a wide range of actual and proposed WHS amendments, a string of high-profile safety prosecutions, and concerns around surging burnout rates.

• More duty holders plead guilty to White Island breaches; and
  
• Carbon monoxide warning issued after forklift incident.

• Company fined $600k after three workers injured on island;
  
• Hierarchy-of-control amendments made in NT; and
  
• WHS inspectors target toilets and fall risks in SA.

• Sixth jurisdiction to make industrial manslaughter a criminal offence; and
  
• Safety inspectors trialling body-worn cameras.

• Individual convicted, again, after challenging WHS notices; and
  
• Rail safety laws overhauled in WA to ensure national consistency.

A worker who was assaulted while socialising with teenage girls "during a journey arising out of or in the course of [his] employment", has been denied compensation under both the High Court test for interval injuries and the journey "deviation" test.

• Judge's WHS referral triggers government action; and
  
• Power tool causes four serious injuries in five weeks.