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A PCBU has been fined after a worker was fatally crushed between a hoe and a skid steer, with a court finding he hadn't been trained to attach the hoe to the vehicle, and the equipment manuals were in an office 80 kilometres from the work site.

A coronial inquest into the death of a worker, which led to the WHS prosecution of a young colleague, has found a safety regulator failed to test the veracity of their employer's claim that the colleague had received an adequate induction and mentoring.

• Qld demands national crackdown on asbestos imports; and
  
• Man fined for "tick and flick" high-risk assessments.

A school principal bullied an OHS representative by assigning a business manager, who the rep had a poor relationship with, to take part in her annual review, the Fair Work Commission has found.

An employer has been handed a record-high OHS fine following its "misconceived" refusal to accept legal responsibility for a fatality.

A worker who dislocated his ankle after having a seizure has been awarded compensation, after a tribunal found his employment "positioned" him in circumstances that caused the injury. Also in this article, a sole trader has been fined for breaching the WHS provision on "fixtures, fittings or plant".

The Maritime Union of Australia used safety as a pretext to carry out unlawful industrial action during its campaign against Chevron's use of foreign crew, the Federal Court has found.

The first entities charged with reckless conduct under the South Australian WHS Act have failed to restrain the Royal Queensland Show from refusing to accept their inspection certificates for rides.

• Worker fined for defying fatality-related WHS training order; and
  
• Inquiry into "unjust" RTW scheme gets green light in SA.

An injured worker has been awarded nearly $600,000 in damages, after a court found her employer breached the Victorian OHS Regulations through its "ad hoc" cleaning regime.