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Boral Ltd has focused on driver training, and improving its "three points of contact" practices, on its way to achieving a record-low LTIFR.

Helpline for distressed workers expanded nationally; Work and farm fatality reports reveal high vehicle toll; and Safety and security alerts issued in Victoria and Queensland.

Managers who lack the skills to have difficult conversations with workers are having a "detrimental" effect on employee mental health and wellbeing, according to an R U OK? survey.

A recent national injury report provides "compelling evidence" that a mirror WHS Act will take Victoria "backwards" on safety, according to the State Government. But a prominent workplace relations lawyer says the Government's position is cynical, and will prove costly for employers.

Amcor Ltd's safety performance has significantly improved through re-evaluating regularly the quality of its risk assessments and hazard identification, says its safety, environment and sustainability executive director, Duncan Thompson.

Consultation and upstream duties clarified in new harmonisation guide; NSW doctors directed to focus on injured workers' work capacity; Unions to monitor workers' comp cap "statement"; and OHS regulations too complex for many employers: survey.

Workplaces around Australia were subjected to 79,290 "proactive" visits from OHS inspectors in 2010/11 - more than 217 visits a day, according to a new Safe Work Australia report.

Safe Work Week events underway; SWA releases fatality report, serious-claim fact sheets and nanomaterial documents; and NSW employers given three months to improve their RTW programs.

Global employer WorleyParsons has established a special HSE committee to keep its board members up to speed with their health and safety responsibilities, according to its latest annual report.

BHP Billiton has recently updated its isolation and permit-to-work procedures - in accordance with the ILO mine safety convention - and reduced its TRIFR by six per cent in the process, according to its 2011/12 sustainability report.