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A major employer has been fined $70,000 for safety breaches identified during an investigation into a work-related fatality, even though the breaches didn't contribute to the incident or death.

The Victorian Building Authority has defended its decision to prosecute an individual over the Swanston Street wall collapse that killed three pedestrians in 2013, and rejected claims it has set a precedent for major employers to "walk away" from safety and permit breaches.

• Plant modification causes Victorian worker's death;
  
• Safety inspectors issue 1300 notices in single WA campaign; and
  
• DMP issues warnings after "horseplay" injury and other incidents.

Three Victorian employers, including one whose informal traffic procedures caused a death, have been fined heavily for safety breaches.

• Similar OHS breaches lead to $100k EU and $20k fine;
  
• WorkSafe Victoria awards open; and
  
• FSC and NHVR announce changes for May.

A worker who fell to his death while performing an unfamiliar task while his director was away had been "left to his own devices" without a proper safety plan, the Victorian Coroner has found.

• Workers prosecuted for risking colleagues' safety;
  
• Employer fined after learner driver of faulty truck hits worker;
  
• Duty holders urged to ditch or modify unsafe quad bikes; and
  
• NSW and Qld issue chemical and fire alerts.

An employer's fatality-related OHS fine has been increased by $200,000 on appeal, after the Victorian County Court found it failed to take basic precautions to protect pedestrian workers from mobile plant.

An employer directly discriminated against a pregnant employee by sending her irate text messages while she was in the work toilet with morning sickness, a tribunal has found.

A Victorian employer that directed an incompetent truck driver to conduct a hazardous unloading task has been ordered to pay the "lion's share" of another worker's $1.3 million damages bill.