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A business owner who allegedly recklessly disregarded safety complaints at a work site could be jailed for decades, after being charged with the industrial manslaughter of a worker in a fall. Meanwhile, a regulator has released a workplace fatality toll including deaths from disease and suicide.

• Company charged with multiple breaches after two taxi deaths;
  
• Tougher driver-distraction laws commencing in Vic soon;
  
• Two in five white-card applications involve "fake" training; and
  
• Help SWA shape national WHS month.

This major OHS Alert report reviews all the need-to-know workplace health and safety and workers' comp developments from the past few months, including the passage of game-changing Respect@Work laws, numerous WHS amendments, COVID rulings, a state-first workplace manslaughter charge, and a record-smashing reckless conduct fine.

• Duty holders fined $435k over missing controls, teen's injuries; and
  
• Low-spend EU accepted as multiple WHS charges withdrawn.

Employers have been reminded of two WHS prosecutions over a heat-stroke death, and of the need to conduct frequent weather-related risk assessments, with temperatures soaring in parts of Australia this week.

• Director barred for safety breaches, consignor targeted;
  
• Compliance Codes for silica made and revoked in Vic;
  
• Workers' comp changes introduced in Tas;
  
• Healthy workplaces service launched in SA; and
  
• Cheong gets permanent WHS director role in NT.

One of two company directors charged with failing to exercise due diligence, in relation to a fatal helicopter crash possibly linked to the pilot's alcohol consumption, has entered a WHS undertaking in lieu of prosecution.

• Exercise due diligence through Safe Work Month activities; and
  
• Worker fined over fatal reversing-plant incident.

A local council has been charged with multiple WHS contraventions, including a first-aid breach, and could be fined more than $7 million, after a worker was allegedly exposed to the risk of drowning under a modified craft.

• New "passport" process adds "dignity" to workplace adjustments;
  
• WHS regulator clarifies "direct supervision" duties; and
  
• Duty holders warned against scaffolding modifications.