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• Which industry dominated record OHS-fine haul? and
  
• Employers promised $9m savings under new OHS Regs.

• High Court rejects Baiada bid in decapitation case; and
  
• Safety regulator debunks illness-cluster claims.

An employer that ceased trading, attempted to deregister, and set up a similar company after a worker was killed by a homemade machine, has been fined $800,000 over the death.

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.

An employer that failed to adhere to its safe work method statement, resulting in a worker being permanently injured, is one of a string of Victorian companies fined for OHS breaches this month.

A worker who fell from an allegedly defective ladder has been blocked from suing an employer, after a superior court found his ignorance of the origin of the ladder didn't justify extending the limitation period.

• Employer fined $300k for unsafe wall after death;
  
• Catastrophically injured workers get lifetime care in Qld; and
  
• Qld issues alerts and appoints mine safety commissioner.

In a rare case, an employer has been fined for breaching OHS laws in relentlessly bullying a teenage apprentice, who now suffers from anxiety and depression.

• Recruiter forum identifies WHS knowledge gap; and
  
• Labour-hire worker fined for ignoring SWMS.

Two employers, including one that covered a dangerous ventilation shaft with a thin layer of concrete, have been ordered to pay a total of $235,000 in fines and costs, after workers sustained serious limb injuries. Meanwhile, another company has entered a $160,000 safety undertaking after a customer was injured.