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Direct supervision is critical to ensuring hazardous work is undertaken in the correct sequence, the NSW IRC has found in fining an employer $270,000 after a worker's leg was amputated.

Employees must not "stand by and do nothing" when they see something that places others at risk, the NSW Industrial Court has stressed after a "practical joke" left a worker with serious physical and psychological injuries.

National rail safety law passes in first jurisdiction; Rail protection officer fined for drugs as latest Waterfall report released; Tasmanian asbestos victims paid $3m in six months under no-fault scheme; and Tasmanian and Victorian workplace safety awards open.

A NSW employer has been fined $170,000 after a failure to enforce its "well-documented" maintenance procedures left two employees with serious and extensive chemical and thermal burns.

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.

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.

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.

A $115,000 fine handed to a NSW employer after a major scaffolding collapse has highlighted the significant risks of relying too heavily on the "integrity and expertise" of contractors.

A geotechnical consultant has been convicted over the Lane Cove Tunnel collapse, after the NSW IRC found it failed to conduct a daily analysis of the conditions or warn crews of the risks of bypassing the construction plan.