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A parliamentary committee has warned that a gap in safety legislation is exposing FIFO workers to bullying and other risks at accommodation facilities, and accused Rio Tinto of 'underplaying' the impact of FIFO work on mental health.

Hundreds of thousands of Australian workers are regularly and unnecessarily exposed to carcinogens such as lead and formaldehyde, according to three new Safe Work Australia reports, which outline how to reduce exposure to the substances.

Workers who are exposed to the most adverse working conditions know less than those in lower-risk roles about safety, European researchers have found. They have also identified a link between active regulators and "favourable" safety climates.

Employers must ensure they have adequate resources to prevent or manage medical issues faced by workers who travel internationally - and it isn't just high-risk regions they need to worry about, US researchers have found.

European researchers have found shift work impairs workers' cognitive functioning, and warn the problem could have a significant impact on safety outcomes as the number of shift-work roles increases.

An employer says it has made its workplace safer by introducing seven "safehaven" rules, and reduced its total recordable injury frequency rate by 30 per cent.

Inadequate guarding and lack of roll-over protection contribute to more than a third of work-related fatalities associated with unsafe plant or equipment design, a new Safe Work Australia report has found.

Plant designers, suppliers and users are being reminded, in light of an excavator death, that they are obligated under safety laws to provide fit-for-purpose equipment and manage risks according to the hierarchy of controls.

Australian researchers have found that while medical practitioners are regularly exposed to aggression from "external sources", bullying or abuse from co-workers has the greatest impact on their health and job satisfaction.

Advances in predictive analytics will make it easier for employers to foresee and prevent safety incidents, but low-probability disasters such as oil rig failures are likely to "defy prediction", according to a US expert on occupational medicine.