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• Warning on fake safety documents extended in WA;
  
• Safety inspectors looking for kids at NSW construction sites; and
  
• SafeWork issues fatality alert and height advice.

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

A worker who died after falling from a height should have been prohibited from accessing a mezzanine floor or performing other hazardous tasks while alone, the Queensland Coroner has found in a non-inquest.

• Workers' comp fraudster pretended to be twin brother; and
  
• SA and NSW issue warnings after heavy vehicle fatalities.

• Fatality-related switchgear warning directed at miners;
  
• Qld and Vic regulators investigating forklift and fall deaths; and
  
• WA launches safety resource for small business.

A Western Australian employer has been fined over a crane collision that caused a contractor to suffer complete paraplegia, and that could have been prevented with a $2000 investment.

Coronial reports on two of the hundreds of deaths resulting from falls from ladders in Australia in the last decade have highlighted the importance of complying with the relevant Standards and WHS Codes of Practice - in both work and home maintenance settings.

• Employers fined $450k over death after worker's concerns ignored;
  
• WorkCover psychiatrist lied to keep patients in hospital; and
  
• Agencies issue safety advice for new year.

• Employers urged to comply with RTW codes;
  
• "Little failures" cause major safety incidents;
  
• SafeWork debunks myths on "disallowed" codes and height rules; and
  
• WorkCover SA getting new name.

• WorkSafe WA granted leave to pursue liquidated company after four industry deaths; and
  
• Employer fined over death three years after initial prosecution.