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• Worker fined over manager's death; and
  
• Presumptive workers' comp laws commence in WA.

• Hazard register guides fatality-prevention;
  
• Employers fined $105k over crush injuries, major slurry spill; and
  
• Unguarded shredder amputates all fingers on teenager's hand.

Ride-share company Uber acted reasonably when it deactivated a driver's account after passengers complained he nearly fell asleep at the wheel, a court has found in rejecting the driver's $500,000 damages claim.

• Low fine follows death by 1000kg rock;
  
• Fraudster used wrong font on high-risk licence; and
  
• WorkSafe Vic launches demolition and construction blitz.

An employer has unsuccessfully claimed that a manufacturer was partly liable for a worker's hand amputation, by supplying equipment without adequate guarding.

An employer has been fined after a roof collapsed and killed a labour-hire worker, with a court finding it failed to maintain an effective system for keeping the roof free of debris.

An employer has been fined after an employee, who hadn't been trained to identify the difference between safe and unsafe work areas, was seriously injured. Meanwhile, a regulator has issued a workplace cyclone warning, in light of an alarming forecast for the coming tropical cyclone season.

An employer has been fined $110,000 over a fatality caused by a vehicle's modifications and missing parts.

• Senior employee fined over serious "horseplay" injury; and
  
• Victoria locks in quad-rebate date, and issues alerts.

• Forklift operator fined over death;
  
• Labour-hire business fined for unqualified safety assessment; and
  
• Drilling company fined $112k under NSW WHS Act.