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The company responsible for the design of the Lane Cove Tunnel and associated works has become the fourth employer convicted over the tunnel's 2005 collapse.

Employer fined $80k for "reckless" failure to follow manufacturer's instructions; Employer zapped with $50k fine after overlooking power line risks; Skylarking labourer fined for inflicting eye injury on colleague; Farmer's failure to take "basic safety measures" ends in arm amputation; and NSW SafeWork Awards open.

Lane Cove Tunnel builders Thiess and John Holland have been convicted and fined $156,000 each over the "foreseeable" collapse that occurred during the tunnel's construction.

Unsafe employer fined for abusing off-duty WorkCover inspector; Farmer's death highlights need to maintain and operate machinery to standard; and Employee deserved right of reply to "negative" survey results.

Queensland Code of Practice breach led to fatality; Third employer fined heavily for Melbourne scaffold collapse; Regulators investigating gate death and third excavator incident; and Essential safety news from ACT, NSW and WA.

A South Australian employer has been fined $105,000 after its "inexcusable" failure to fit machines with guarding caused a worker to lose his arm. Also in this article, a second South Australian employer has been fined for guarding failures after a finger amputation.

Ai Group to appeal FWA's workers' comp/service ruling; OHS fine nearly doubled to $230k on appeal; and Extreme care urged following two excavator fatalities.

The fact that an employer has the legal right to issue safety instructions to subcontractors does not necessarily mean it is required to do so, the High Court has ruled in ordering a retrial of the Baiada "control" dispute.

Saliva swabs should be "default option" for workplace drug testing, says union; and UK asbestos case gives hope to Australian victims, as James Hardie adds to fund.

Facebook ruling could spark workplace racism "free-for-all"; Employer fined $60k as WorkSafe increases enforcement activity; and Essential safety news from Queensland, NSW, Tasmania and Victoria.