An audit is being carried out by the Fair Work Ombudsman on 1000 businesses across Australia. [ + ]

The man was making a tractor counterweight by welding empty fuel drums to a steel frame when an explosion engulfed him. [ + ]

Life Without Barriers has received the icare aware award for March, recognising the value it places on the safety and wellbeing of its workforce. [ + ]

Townsville Hospital has introduced cameras to protect staff from those who abuse or attack them. [ + ]

A trade assistant has suffered injury after a jumbo tyre was over-inflated and exploded at a large underground metalliferous mine in New Zealand. [ + ]

The Tasmanian Workers Commemorative Park at Inveresk would receive $250,000 to ensure completion of the memorial. [ + ]

Workplaces are invited to submit nominations for the 2018 Comcare Work Health and Safety Awards. [ + ]

Now in their 15th year, the SafeWork NSW awards recognise individuals and organisations committed to health, safety and return-to-work practices. [ + ]

A fertiliser spreader truck has rolled on a steep hill near Warragul, killing a worker in his early 30s. [ + ]