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A court has stressed the importance of employers instilling a "safety consciousness" in young workers, in sentencing a PCBU whose safety breaches brought "shock, trauma, ongoing pain and disfigurement" to a teenage worker in an instant.

• Company fined $600k after three workers injured on island;
  
• Hierarchy-of-control amendments made in NT; and
  
• WHS inspectors target toilets and fall risks in SA.

• Young worker's hand amputated after drop-saw incident;
  
• Queensland worker fatally crushed in tractor roll-over; and
  
• Angle grinder incidents on the rise.

• Sixth jurisdiction to make industrial manslaughter a criminal offence; and
  
• Safety inspectors trialling body-worn cameras.

A PCBU has unsuccessfully challenged its WHS conviction and $600,000 fine for failing to engage experts to assess the design of new leased plant, which fatally crushed a worker.

The South Australian Government has revealed plans to introduce industrial manslaughter laws to Parliament, make a string of changes to the State WHS Act, and start overhauling the WHS regulator's case management system, all within the next financial year.

Three companies subjected to WHS improvement and prohibition notices relating to ride restraints have lost their appeals against a recent decision to maintain the notices. A tribunal full bench acknowledged errors in the initial decision, but found safety remained the higher priority.

• Bullying and harassment victims get new reporting avenue; and
  
• Injury premiums up in SA, amendments thanked for limiting increase.

Three companies subjected to WHS improvement and prohibition notices relating to ride restraints have failed to stay the operation of the notices, with a tribunal finding the potential loss of revenue does not outweigh the safety risks.

An employer was entitled to cease income support payments to an injured worker, a tribunal has ruled, finding she breached her "obligation of mutuality" by engaging in serious misconduct, which included disclosing a director's alleged gambling problem to a subcontractor.