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> Tougher worker health surveillance rules applied in WA; > International Standard for work-related safety signs released; and > Female injury rate and pandemic show need for WHS change: ACTU.
Safe Work Australia has updated the model WHS Regulations and its guidance on the meaning of "person conducting a business or undertaking", while WHS provisions have been amended in NSW and South Australia, and the ACT has established a public register for reporting infringements by WHS licensees.
The International Organisation for Standardisation has released an OHS Standard, available for free in a read-only format, on working safely during the COVID-19 pandemic. The document includes practical guidance on protecting employees as they return to their usual workplaces under easing pandemic restrictions.
> New diesel threshold takes immediate effect in WA; > Federal Bill creates new framework for chemical risk controls; > Change management process missing at time of tank rupture; and > Safety inspectors rebuild failed structure for fatality probe.
> Model WHS Regulations amended ahead of GHS transition; > PCBU fined $100k over child's collision injuries in Qld; > All older tower cranes inspected too late in WA; and > SA PCBU contravened WHS clause covering MEWPs.
A new WHS Code of Practice has provided PCBUs with clear guidance on their duties to consult with workers, health and safety representatives and other businesses in a COVID-19 context. Meanwhile, Comcare has produced a "micro-learn" video on using face masks at work in the pandemic.
> "Workforce bubbles" flagged for Vic's "COVIDSafe reopening"; > SWA releases guides to impending GHS 7 transition; and > New legislation targets Defence Force suicides.
> COVID-19 and silica updates from NSW, Vic, WA and SWA; > Manslaughter laws come with broader definition of workplace death; and > Inventory overhauled for new risk-based chemical safety system.
