Swiss researchers have identified the types of workers at greatest risk of burnout, and those most resilient to high demands and other psychosocial risks.
Two employers have been fined a total of $690,000 for serious safety incidents involving labour-hire companies, with one resulting in the death of a 15-year-old boy. In the other, a migrant worker sustained extensive burns after being told he had to use an online dictionary to translate his work instructions into his native Mandarin.
An employer that was sued for damages after an apprentice suffered burns to 60 per cent of his body at a work birthday party has now been fined for safety breaches. Meanwhile, another employer has been fined after a worker was fatally crushed by a 1.2-tonne crate.
An employer has been convicted for his "foolhardy in the extreme" approach to safety, after a young worker moved within two metres of overhead powerlines and suffered a life-threatening electric shock.
Two employers have committed to spending a total of $600,000 on an online documentation management system, safety email alerts and other programs, after being accused of WHS breaches.
A coroner has slammed a company director's poor knowledge of electrical safety requirements, and a safety inspector for failing to shut down a construction site's power source, during an inquest into a young worker's death.
Safe Work Australia has published new research reports on WHS "mindfulness", young workers and the transport industry, as well as a guide to handling hazardous isocyanates, and a study that found media outlets - like OHS Alert - are among the most popular sources of safety information for workplaces.
