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NSW employers that fail to comply with a WorkCover request for documents can now be handed on-the-spot fines, under new workers' compensation Regulations now in effect.

Cutthroat working environments and inflexibility are having a grave impact on the mental health of managers and new mums, according to researchers, who are calling for individual coaching and more family-friendly workplaces.

Failure to enforce PPE ends in death and fine; Regulators investigating work-related fatalities and falls; and South Australian safety award winner stripped of prize.

Tasmanian miners will be required to appoint a site senior officer and develop major hazard management plans for high-risk work when mine-specific safety laws take effect at the end of next month.

In this update, OHS Alert outlines all the important OHS and workers' compensation legislative changes made in the last three months of 2010. We also recap the most significant court and tribunal rulings and other developments in each jurisdiction.

A South Australian manufacturer whose employee was injured when a disabled conveyor belt restarted inexplicably, has escaped conviction thanks to its comprehensive systems for checking machinery and clearing jams.

Patrick Stevedoring has been fined $180,000 for discriminating against a worker who raised a health and safety issue, but the employer insists it has significantly improved its systems since the incident and supports "all safety improvement endeavours".

Employers warned to be wary of bogus safety inspectors; ACT construction sites to be targeted in safety campaign; NSW issues explosives reminder, investigates crane injury; NSW rail safety guides and Victorian bus safety laws take effect; and Regulators issue safety alerts.

WA employers face $800K safety fine over prison van death; Employer fined for JSA failure after injury; Explosives warning issued for flood clean-up; and SafeWork SA and WorkCover NSW investigating fatalities.

A worker who was permanently injured in a car accident while drink driving after a work Christmas party has failed to convince the NSW Court of Appeal that she was hurt in the course of her employment.