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Managers who undergo mental health training feel more capable of supporting staff, but the flow-on effects for employees are unclear, according to a major review. However, the lead researcher tells OHS Alert that this should not deter organisations from implementing such important programs.

A major, incident-strewn road construction project under unprecedented government scrutiny has been ordered to cease work over new safety concerns, while an ongoing study has found that training supervisors to risk-manage manual tasks can slash musculoskeletal claims.

The retired manager of a council division has been fined for work health and safety breaches that occurred on his watch nearly four years ago.

A site safety officer, a supervisor, a crane driver and a crane dogman could be jailed for years, after being charged with category 1 WHS breaches or manslaughter in relation to the death of a worker at the University of Canberra Hospital construction site.

A worker suing his former employer for $1.8 million in damages for a psychiatric injury has failed to convince a superior court his condition was caused by a "flatulent" supervisor bullying him over the phone about his performance.

A teenage apprentice was killed while undertaking a task that should have been performed by a "competent person" within the meaning of a WHS Code, a court has found in fining his host employer $405,000.

An employer has been convicted and fined $350,000, after its supervisor left the keys in a skid steer loader and a non-worker was killed in the vehicle. Meanwhile, a contracting company and one of its employees have been fined for failing to ensure the safety of an apprentice, with the employee receiving harsher penalties than his employer.

A coroner has expressed dismay at a major employer and a regulator concluding that a supervisor died because he failed to follow a safe working procedure, without considering the adequacy of the man's training and qualifications for the high-risk task that killed him.

An employer has been convicted and fined $135,000 after a worker was seriously injured in an incident that could have been avoided by consulting a readily available Safe Work Australia guide. Meanwhile, a company officer has been fined for failing to exercise due diligence to ensure his company complied with its safety duty.

Managers failing to think of themselves as "designers" of safe work practices is a major barrier to the effective management of psychological injuries and claims, according to a Safe Work Australia expert.