Browsing: Authority/inspectorate (National)

• Close contact exemptions extended to multiple industries;
  
• PTSD presumption introduced in WA; and
  
• Sun safety advice issued by SWA.

A tribunal has rejected a worker's keyboard-related occupational overuse injury claim, and her bid for household services, after finding it is beneficial for her to undertake some of her own housework.

• COVID, cancers and PTSD added to deemed diseases list; and
  
• New electrical safety laws mirror NT's WHS Act.

• New WHS guide targets vehicle roll-aways, driver distraction and more; and
  
• WHS exemptions explained by new SWA guidance.

A worker's epilepsy-related death was materially contributed to by his late-night shift work and sleep deprivation, a tribunal has ruled in finding his widow is entitled to $400,000 in death benefits.

Managing psychosocial risks is critical not only to prevent mental health injuries but the occurrence of "major accidents", new guidance material from a WHS regulator has stressed.

• Confined-space breaches endanger apprentice, employer fined; and
  
• SWA releases RTW survey results, Qld issues fall alert.

• COVID vaccines mandated for multiple Qld sectors, visiting workers;
  
• Lightning-related WHS duties outlined after fatality; and
  
• WHS activities affected by COVID: major SWA report.

A union has been issued "low mid-range" fines, after two of its officials used foul language and made "racial" remarks about the "third world" over trip hazards at a messy worksite. A court rejected a regulator's bid for a high penalty, which relied on "generic" references to past industrial breaches.

• Industrial manslaughter Bill introduced to NSW Lower House;
  
• New solar safety Standard commences with transitional provisions; and
  
• Offshore laws with "modified" WHS provisions pass Parliament.