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A fly-in-fly-out worker was complying with his duty to take steps to prevent the effects of fatigue and safely transition from night to day shifts when he injured his knee playing cricket, a tribunal has found.

A PCBU has been found guilty of WHS breaches, after one of its managers "capitulated" to the unsafe demands of a subcontractor and created a risk that resulted in serious injuries 12km away.

A company director has been jailed over the electrocution of a 20-year-old worker, while an inquest into another young worker's electrocution has slammed the safety investigation and the fact that cost issues have thwarted mandating residual current devices.

A superior court has quashed a finding that a business was negligent in failing to turn its mind to the possibility that lighting levels on a set of stairs didn't comply with the relevant Australian Standard.

The total WHS fines imposed on two related PCBUs, including a supplier, have been increased 15-fold on appeal.

The globalisation of supply chains and sending company functions offshore are among the major emerging WHS challenges identified in a blueprint for reducing serious workplace injuries and deaths.

• Ten-year WHS strategy amended with greater focus on bullying; and
  
• Workers killed by dehydration and extended stabiliser.

An employer has been convicted and fined $350,000, after its supervisor left the keys in a skid steer loader and a non-worker was killed in the vehicle. Meanwhile, a contracting company and one of its employees have been fined for failing to ensure the safety of an apprentice, with the employee receiving harsher penalties than his employer.

• Draft Code tackles bullying and harassment in notorious industry;
  
• Minister accused of setting back anti-harassment movement; and
  
• New IR rules commence and clarify sick leave provision in Qld.

An employer failed to implement the emergency rescue provisions of a Code of Practice because it mistakenly believed they referred to medical evacuation procedures, a coronial inquest into a worker's death has heard.