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Introducing a new workplace health and wellbeing project has proved tougher than expected for an ACT employer, but workers are starting to think and talk more about their health, according to co-owner Nicole Leishman.

A NSW employer that failed to ensure structural engineers complied with the relevant OHS Regulations and Standards when they inspected its Ferris wheel has been fined in the IRC, after a gondola fell four metres from the ride and seriously injured three teenage passengers.

OHS risk assessments should address the specific needs of menopausal women to ensure the working environment doesn't exacerbate their symptoms, according to the UK's Trades Union Congress (TUC).

A South Australian employer that failed to ensure a safety audit of its business covered a machine that was temporarily out of use has been fined $51,000, after a worker's fingers were severed.

The Fair Work Commission has described a union's defence of a worker who was sacked for a serious drug breach as "illogical", but stressed that dismissing workers shouldn't be the automatic response to failed workplace drug tests.

Asking colleagues who exhibit suicidal warning signs, such as talking about tidying up affairs, if they are suicidal won't "tip them over the edge", but "provide a starting point for a solution", a new suicide position statement says.

Safety professionals are being warned not to become "stuck in an administrative control mind-set", after a US study found workplace incident investigation reports rarely recommend higher-order controls.

A Victorian worker who sued his parents after suffering a back injury while working at their tobacco farm has had his contributory-negligence calculation reduced from 70 to 20 per cent in the Supreme Court.

With the aim of overhauling its "bureaucratic" and "ignorant" safety management system, the Royal Australian Mint devised a successful new system and engaged "safety advocates", according to the employer's HSE manager.

The chain of responsibility (CoR) provisions of the new national heavy vehicle safety laws could be expanded to capture employees, as well as managers who instruct consignors to order goods. Also in this article, Cootes Transport has been charged with 86 safety breaches.