tracker WHS Tracker — Week 38 of 2026 WHS Brief 14 Sep 2026 • 2 min read Share Three new air monitoring and diesel emissions guides land eleven weeks before Workplace Exposure Limits One week left to comment on health and air monitoring rules for hazardous chemicals John Holland charged again, over a 450kg distribution board that fell on an electrician Fewer WHS prosecutions in 2025, but the average penalty hit a record high National Safe Work Month opens in two weeks under the theme "Safe work is for life" Horticulture operators on notice after a blitz issues 50 compliance notices Underground mines: should filter self-rescuers be replaced? Contract worker killed by a reversing mobile processing unit at a Singleton open-cut mine Mines and petroleum sites: plant design registration and licensing reform out for comment Digital Work Systems duty still waiting on the entry-permit guidelines Worker killed at Truganina when a bridge crane he was servicing moved and toppled his scissor lift Safety alert after precast concrete elements fall from trailers on Victorian roads Workplace Protection Orders Act 2026 becomes law for retail and transport workers Myer and GeekPlus robot fatality charges head to their first hearing Electrical Safety Regulation 2026: which regulation applies to a notice issued now Electrical safety campaign running across Queensland until 15 September Seven approved Queensland codes of practice varied on the same day High Risk Plant Amendment Regulation tidies registration and licence boundaries Falls from height transition for construction ends in two weeks Six companies in court this fortnight over four 2024 workplace deaths Statutory review of the WHS Act 2020 heads for its report SafeWork SA's single customer portal goes live next Monday SafeWork SA opens registrations for National Safe Work Month webinars and mock trials South Australia's first industrial manslaughter prosecution still before the court State asbestos and silica plans set the enforcement agenda to 2030 Mines Work Health and Safety (Supplementary Requirements) Regulations 2026 in development New exposure limits reach Tasmanian workplaces on 1 December Model law amendments on notifications and crane licences await Tasmanian adoption WorkSafe ACT tells PCBUs to reassess airborne exposures before WELs arrive Aluminium welding fume exposure standard now 1 mg/m3 PCBUs reminded that facilities duties extend to workers who menstruate Safety alert on improvised lifting with an excavator's dipper arm Electrical Safety Week puts lithium-ion batteries in the spotlight National Safe Work Month speakers confirmed for the Territory Health and Safety at Work Amendment Act 2026: just over six months to go Unguarded power take-off shaft causes life-changing injuries on a Wairarapa dairy farm Remote and isolated work alert stresses staying connected Check for asbestos before high-pressure spraying on roofs DR AS 3640:2026 — Workplace atmospheres: sampling and gravimetric determination of inhalable dust DR AS 2985:2026 — Workplace atmospheres: sampling and gravimetric determination of respirable dust DR AS/NZS 4761.1 — Competencies for working with electrical equipment for hazardous areas DR AS ISO 7240.1:2026 — Fire detection and alarm systems, Part 1: General and definitions DR AS 7240.7:2026 — Fire detection and alarm systems, Part 7: Point type smoke detectors DR AS 5359:2026 — The storage and handling of hydrogen Used lithium batteries: guidance on safe packaging and transport by road and rail Government-sponsored free access to legislation-referenced standards
