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• Man sentenced for reckless forklift operations;
  
• Trailer rethink demanded after fatal falls and conviction; and
  
• NDIS incidents prompt WHS warning.

An employer and its director have been found vicariously liable for the s-xual harassment and assault of a worker. The director had "flicked through" the employer's anti-harassment guidance, but did little else to address the issue, a tribunal found.

An employer that sat on its hands instead of installing a provided ergonomic seat in an injured worker's vehicle, has been ordered to pay the man nearly $1.5 million in damages for aggravating his condition.

An employer has been fined for workplace management and control breaches, after a heavy object fell 160 metres from a 58-storey development in the heart of Melbourne. Meanwhile, a regulator has outlined safety control measures for hydraulic equipment, after an apprentice was killed.

A major employer breached its safety duties by producing inaccurate sectionalised diagrams for an infrastructure upgrade, a court has found in convicting and fining it $100,000. Meanwhile, Queensland's workplace safety awards have opened.

• Have you assessed your workplace buildings for asbestos? A WHS regulator is checking, in support of national plan; and
  
• Employer fined after forklift load falls.

A company and its director have been fined heavily for failing to ensure fall prevention measures were in place before height work commenced, with their breaches resulting in a man falling from a plank. Another company has been fined for failing to ensure the harnesses it provided to personnel were worn at all times.

• Employers fined for creating electrocution and forklift risks; and
  
• Guide to safe computer workstation set-ups released.

In a case examining a hazard that safety managers risk overlooking, a school has been convicted and fined after a worker was fatally struck by a branch from a workplace tree previously identified as dangerous.

An employer did not have a duty to train an experienced driver on the "idiosyncrasies" of a vehicle under his control, and it was his responsibility to "acquaint himself with, and safely respond to" it functions, an appeals court has found in a runaway vehicle case.