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Nearly nine out of 10 workers in a notoriously dangerous industry have been exposed to a highly hazardous process, and many of them have a life-threatening disease, Australian researchers have found.

A regulator could be empowered to overturn the decisions of companies self-insured against workplace injuries, with the Victorian Ombudsman finding the system is "patchy and unequal", and highlighting a case where a worker who was entitled to $75,000 was offered a $2,000 settlement.

• International treaties impact on workplace safety;
  
• OHS test forms part of new child employment laws in Vic; and
  
• SRC Directions amended.

A worker who crushed his pinky finger at work has been refused damages for "serious" physical and psychological injuries, after secret surveillance footage showed him using his hand without restriction despite his claim he had lost all use of it.

• "Injured" worker secretly provided escort services; and
  
• MoU targets unsafe high-risk work licensing practices.

• Heavy penalty for injury-causing ageism locked in; and
  
• Sentences for injury fraud come with jail warning.

• PCBUs reminded of the four principles of WHS duties;
  
• Safety Code for traffic management overhauled in Vic; and
  
• New distraction cameras detect thousands of breaches in a month.

A commission has rejected a worker's bid for stop-bullying orders requiring her employer to cover her medical expenses and stand down its CEO, after finding her supervisor's frank and firm comments didn't constitute bullying.

A worker has unsuccessfully claimed his brother and his employer took unlawful adverse action against him for making workplace complaints, with a court finding the company was forced to take action when a dispute between the "warring" brothers started to affect the health and safety of staff.

• Employer fined $390k over fatality and site-preservation breaches; and
  
• Vehicle "blind spots" increased prior to workplace death.