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A NSW worker, who was injured when she took a foreseeable - but low - risk in attempting to step across a puddle to access her workplace, has been awarded more than $1.3 million in damages.

Employer fined $120k after keyless entry sparks fatal van explosion; Transport company and consignor both fined for dangerous goods breaches; and ACT height safety campaign to focus on ladders and scaffolding.

Employers must review and audit their safety rules continuously - not just when an injury occurs, the NSW Industrial Court has stressed in ordering an employer to pay $135,000 in fines and costs.

A self-employed builder who failed to ensure his safety instructions were complied with has been fined in the NSW IRC, after a site coordinator fell three metres from a mezzanine floor.

A NSW project manager, who failed to implement a construction site safety plan, has become the fifth party to be fined over a workplace fall, which left an inexperienced worker with severe head injuries.

A national employer that failed to implement any policies or procedures for transporting dangerous goods has been ordered to pay $45,000 in fines and costs in the NSW Land and Environment Court.

A former labourer who was recently diagnosed with mesothelioma and has only six months to live has been awarded a record $1.3m in damages, after the NSW Dust Diseases Tribunal found he lost his capacity to care for his family in the future.

The NSW Court of Appeal has upheld an appeal against a damages ruling, after it found there were no precautions two employers could have taken to prevent a worker falling on a staircase.

The NSW Independent Transport Safety Regulator (ITSR) has outlined new drug and alcohol requirements for rail safety workers, after a worker was convicted for diluting a urine sample. Also in this article, Queensland and Victorian employers have been fined for height and traffic-management breaches.

Two NSW employers that failed to introduce "straightforward" safety steps for working near powerlines have been fined $150,000 - on the same day they were fined $330,000 over an unrelated incident.