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A PCBU that responded to a WHS regulator's notice by implementing safety devices, but later removed them, has been fined $100,000 over an amputation incident. The same regulator has issued an alert after a similar incident that killed a worker.

A worker has been granted interim stop-bullying orders creating communication restrictions and blocking disciplinary actions against her, with a commissioner expressing "genuine concern" for her safety in the absence of orders.

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.

A company has been fined $1.2 million for dozens of breaches of the Heavy Vehicle National Law, after it was found to have "encouraged" drivers, through its remuneration structure, to disregard their fatigue obligations nearly 200 times in a five-week period.

• Young worker's hand amputated after drop-saw incident;
  
• Queensland worker fatally crushed in tractor roll-over; and
  
• Angle grinder incidents on the rise.

An employer has failed, on a second appeal, to argue that a flaw in its misconduct investigation did not render the entire process unreasonable and cause it to be liable for a worker's psychological injury.

• WHS regulator offers tips for controlling harassment risks;
  
• WHS Bill affecting parliamentarians passes in ACT; and
  
• Workplace safety laws aligned to address lead (Pb) risks in Qld.

A government employer has been ordered to pay more than $1.6 million in damages to a worker injured by an agitated and aggressive client, with a court finding it was negligent through the failures of two security guards who let the worker help them restrain the client.

• Lendlease fined over exclusion-zone failure;
  
• Early planning and consultation urged after crane fatality; and
  
• Injury premiums up again in Qld.

A local council has failed to avoid prosecution over the drowning deaths of a father and son by claiming it was wrongly charged under WHS legislation.