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BHP Billiton has recently updated its isolation and permit-to-work procedures - in accordance with the ILO mine safety convention - and reduced its TRIFR by six per cent in the process, according to its 2011/12 sustainability report.

The Commonwealth SRC Act could be amended to ensure informal counselling - and other supervisory actions - aren't excluded from the definition of "administrative action" in workers' compensation disputes, according to a paper released for public comment.

Employers that produce or pay for lengthy documents to cover every possible OHS risk - and forget about their people in the process - are likely to flounder on the "safety plateau", according to a health and safety consultant.

Employers to share road-safety success via "knowledge bank"; and Funds pumped into truckie safety as NSW rail-safety culture "grows".

PCBUs should carefully assess their duty - under the model WHS Act - to consult with HSRs who represent cross-PCBU work groups, lawyers have advised.

Workplace incidents will continue to occur unless employees are engaged through consultation and executives resist over-relying on "leading" indicators, according to a global environmental and sustainability consultancy's NSW health and safety manager.

Montara operator fined $510k for safety breaches; and SWA releases 2012 work death toll, as poll supports asbestos-removal plan.

Dozens of Australian employers are tackling worker absences through KPIs and wellbeing programs, according to Direct Health Solutions, whose latest survey has found the telecommunications and utilities sector has the highest sickies rate.

Worker unlawfully sacked for taking leave to care for dying mother; and Latest fatality report identifies high vehicle-related death toll.

The Queensland Government has hinted, ahead of roundtable discussion with industry groups, that it will trust businesses to "do the right thing" on OHS under a less prescriptive WHS Act. It has also "streamlined" health and safety laws for the mining sector.