Goodman Fielder Consumer Foods has been convicted and fined $90,000 over an incident at its Pampas factory in West Footscray which left a worker with serious and permanent injuries to his arm after it was crushed in a machine. [ + ]

With manual handling one of the top five causes of workplace injuries in NSW, WorkCover NSW will hold a free webinar on Wednesday 29 August to help business understand how to better manage hazardous manual tasks in their workplaces. [ + ]

The Federal Magistrates Court has fined Qantas and one of its managers a total of $15,400 for unlawfully coercing an engineer who complained about staff conditions. [ + ]

A new type of cattle gate aimed at preventing farmer death and injury has completed rigorous testing and development by the CSIRO. SaferGate, designed by farmer and inventor Edward Evans, has been put to the test by a CSIRO-developed ‘crash test cow’. [ + ]

The Fair Work Ombudsman is prosecuting retail company Lycamobile, alleging it underpaid 13 employees in Adelaide and Brisbane, including many foreign workers, more than $28,000 between February and September 2011. [ + ]

Peak3, a specialist in diesel emissions management for the mining sector, is holding a free seminar in Kalgoorlie WA on 11 September at Curtin University. [ + ]

WorkCover NSW is investigating asbestos in imported motor vehicles following a recall of approximately 23,000 vehicles with engine and exhaust gaskets potentially containing asbestos. [ + ]

Businesses and workers are being urged to take extreme care while working at heights following a number of serious incidents in the past few months. [ + ]

The Department of Further Education, Employment, Science and Technology has been fined $120,000 by the Industrial Relations Court after a student was injured in a fall at a TAFE SA campus. [ + ]

WorkSafe Victoria inspectors are finding high-risk construction work being performed on up to 20 construction sites every week without a suitable safety plan which can help save lives, prevent injuries and get work done more efficiently. [ + ]

WorkSafe Victoria is reminding the construction industry of the dangers associated with trenches after one collapsed on a worker at a domestic housing site at Pakenham at the weekend. [ + ]

As health and safety professionals feel increased pressure to manage company costs without compromising worker safety, a new report from 3M outlines best practices to achieve these goals. [ + ]

Skilled migrants who can’t find jobs that use their education and qualifications are more likely to suffer mental health problems after three and a half years of arriving in Australia, according to a new study led by a researcher from the Western Australian Institute for Medical Research (WAIMR). [ + ]

New research from Murdoch University and Edith Cowan University has shed light on the roles bystanders play in workplace bullying. [ + ]

A retail caravan business dismissed an employee because he took leave to care for his dying mother, the Fair Work Ombudsman alleges. [ + ]