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A major employer that exposed a worker to the "obvious" safety risks created by performing excessive hours, while handling knives and heavy objects, has been fined a total of nearly $100,000 for multiple Fair Work contraventions.

Miners who struggle with heavy workloads experience unsafe "states" that significantly increase the risk of work incidents, but high levels of job satisfaction can mitigate the risk and regular workload assessments are crucial, a study has found.

A WHS Code for accommodation facilities, and a regulatory unit with expertise in workplace harassment and assault, have been promised in response to a Western Australian inquiry, but the State Government has highlighted the "legal complexities" of creating a register of known offending workers.

A commission has upheld a decision to deny compensation to a worker who suffered an aggravation of her psychiatric illness from an interaction with her supervisor, ruling the supervisor's imperfect actions were reasonable enough under injury laws.

The work and lifestyle behaviours of Australia's fly-in-fly-out workers have been linked to high psychological distress levels and risky health behaviours, a study has found, with the researchers suggesting mental health interventions and awareness campaigns as solutions to poor worker health.

Employers have been urged to ensure their safety procedures are followed around the clock, after two related companies were fined over the death of a shift worker inside a machine. Another company has been fined for safety breaches after two vehicles disappeared down a 13-metre sink hole.

A new study has found shift work that involves working nights is significantly associated with sleep medication use, and identified an increasing prevalence of shift workers taking up these prescription-based hypnotics.

An on-call worker who broke his leg while walking his dog was not injured in the course of his employment, a superior court has ruled, finding an earlier decision in the man's favour misapplied the High Court test for interval injuries.

A worker sacked for smoking cannabis the night before his shift has lost his bid for an unfair dismissal remedy, with a commission rejecting his claim that the seriousness of his breach was mitigated by pandemic-induced stress and the fact he performed a clerical role.

A meta-analysis has identified a significant association between shift work and a decrease in neurobehavioural performance, highlighting the need for workplace health and safety policies to focus on protective countermeasures like recovery plans.