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A worker's claim that she was entitled to damages for a neck and subsequent psychological injury has been rejected in the Victorian Court of Appeal, after it found her injuries weren't considered serious.

Being hit by falling objects continues to be one of the leading causes of work-related deaths in Australia, according to a major report, which has prompted questions over Western Australia's increasing fatality rate.

The Victorian WorkCover Authority's decision to no longer publish detailed accounts of its prosecutions means employers are missing out on valuable safety information, says a safety and risk specialist.

Proposed and actual major changes to the harmonised WHS Acts, as well as surprising developments in the non-harmonised states, dominated OHS Alert's pages in the second quarter of 2014. Check out this review of all the most important safety and workers' compensation news from the three months to 30 June.

Another jurisdiction conducting double WHS review; Regulator targeting concrete companies as heavy vehicle trauma report released; Safety incidents cause one farm death per week; and Alerts and other safety news issued in four jurisdictions.

A Victorian employer's OHS fine has been quadrupled on appeal, in one of three recent forklift-related prosecutions in the State.

OHS changes cut compliance costs in Victoria; WA handed power to contest unsafe industrial action; Stewart-Crompton reviewing SA's mirror WHS Act; Heavy vehicle operators face new penalty regime in NSW; and Long-load road rules amended in Tasmania.

A Victorian business owner died from exposure to a chemical that has been linked to a host of worker fatalities and banned in Europe, highlighting the need for stringent work practices, a Coroner has found.

Safety-undertaking pool tops $24m in Qld; Vic and Tas flag mandatory jail time for assaults on police; and WA considering exemptions to successful sentencing regime.

Employer fined for injury on poorly designed machine; Cootes faces further charges for unsafe heavy vehicles; Employers urged to secure outdoor worksites in adverse weather after death; Tradies ignoring aches and pains urged to improve health; and Mandatory asbestos training laws come into effect next week.