A targeted assessment program has found that employers in the mining sector are breaching their own fatigue management plans by allowing supervisors to work excessive hours, and failing to implement control measures consistently across sites.
Poor sleep behaviour is often a personal choice and workplace policies should focus on educating workers on sleep hygiene, as well as the short and long-term consequences inadequate sleep can have on them, according to a new report.
A commission has rejected a worker's claim that he was unfairly dismissed after he experienced a micro sleep and crashed a vehicle, before leaving the scene of the accident.
Employers should consider eliminating quick returns (QRs) from shift schedules, with short rests between shifts increasing the likelihood of sick leave, according to European researchers.
Employers are under increasing pressure to provide dust-free environments, with Queensland publishing its first quarterly report on dust levels in the coal industry. Meanwhile, regulators have issued a series of alerts after a stacked-materials death and a fatigue-related coronial inquest.
Blue-enriched lighting can help night workers counter the "circadian drive for sleepiness" and stay alert, but the duration and timing of exposure to blue light could be key, Australian researchers have found.
An inquest has found that a 457-visa worker fell from scaffolding and drowned after he accidentally dislodged a load-bearing wedge while, according to one expert, performing "one of the most dangerous" scaffold tasks "I have ever witnessed".
An appeals court has quashed a PTSD victim's $450,000 workplace damages award, after finding an earlier judgment failed to apply the "but for" test of causation.
Workers exposed to hot and humid conditions should be tested for dehydration and permitted to take regular rest breaks, a regulator has advised after a machine operator lost consciousness and died.
The effect of stress on cortisol levels could explain the elevated risk of breast cancer among female white-collar workers, according to European researchers.
