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Employers should find ways to reorganise employment conditions to improve the work participation of people with chronic diseases, two studies recommend.

A major employer has recorded four fatalities and an increased total-recordable injury frequency rate since updating its health and safety strategy at the end of last year. Meanwhile, a similar but smaller company reported more positive results following the introduction of seven safety rules.

Employers are being encouraged to partner with charity organisations and embrace online resources to improve workplace mental health.

Low management buy-in and climate-change scepticism are just two of a number of barriers to protecting workers from heat-related illnesses and injuries, Australian researchers have found.

BHP Billiton has halved the musculoskeletal illness rate at one of its Western Australian assets through a multi-faceted program based on employee input and the hierarchy of controls, according to its latest sustainability report.

Safety professionals can improve safety without "scaring" anyone or writing procedures, an Australian safety academic says. He explains that simply collecting and passing on positive stories is a "direct step" to making work safer.

Safety training focusing on the energy sources that cause injuries significantly improves workers' hazard-recognition skills, a US expert has told the SIA National Safety Convention.

Many organisations focus on the tip of the safety iceberg and ignore a range of factors that can lead to injuries, fatalities and disasters because they're difficult to measure, a national safety conference has heard.

Former OHS and IR lawyer Michaelia Cash will oversee Comcare, Safe Work Australia and the model WHS laws after being appointed Employment Minister, while Senator Eric Abetz used his final days in the role to add drug testing requirements to the Commonwealth Building Code.

• SWA launches electronic safety kit;
  
• Employers urged to learn from WA injury and fatality reviews; and
  
• WorkSafe Victoria reports record RTW rate and issues safety alert.