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A process evaluation of a program aimed at reducing occupational quartz exposure has identified three ways to engage blue-collar workers in safety interventions.

Major legislative changes occurred in all nine Australian jurisdictions in the first quarter of 2015. This article examines these and other developments in work health and safety and workers' compensation.

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.

PCBUs are being advised to follow seven steps when developing or updating an independent contractor management plan, and to ensure they can provide safety inspectors with proof of their WHS compliance.

A "simple" hand hygiene campaign can significantly reduce infections and flu-like illnesses in the workplace, US researchers have found.

• Workers waiting too long to report back pain; and
  
• Generous wellbeing providers offered free publicity in ACT.

A national employer has described its 2014 safety performance results as "disappointing" but "solid" in light of major changes within the business.

An employer that conducted mock court hearings as part of a safety campaign reduced its lost-time injury frequency by nearly 50 per cent in 2014.

• SWA amends 'inaccurate' WHS Code and other documents;
  
• Agencies release fatality reports and alerts; and
  
• WA employer fined $50k for unsafe fuel storage.

Resources giant Glencore's "regrettably high" fatality rate in 2014 was due, in part, to the fact that some of its operations were in parts of the world that didn't have a safety culture before it established there, according to its latest annual report.