> ## Content Index > Fetch the complete content index at: https://www.whsbrief.com/llms.txt > Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further. # WHS Tracker — Week 39 of 2026 - URL: https://www.whsbrief.com/whs-tracker-week-39-of-2026/ - Published: 2026-09-21T00:00:00.000Z - Updated: 2026-09-27T22:32:07.000Z - Author: WHS Brief - Tags: tracker [Comcare publishes work-related suicide prevention and response guidance](https://www.comcare.gov.au/about/news-events/news/new-guidance-suicide-prevention-and-response?ref=whsbrief.com) [Ten weeks until Workplace Exposure Limits replace Workplace Exposure Standards](https://www.safeworkaustralia.gov.au/media-centre/news/new-workplace-exposure-limits-wel-apply-1-december-2026?ref=whsbrief.com) [Last day to comment on health and air monitoring rules for hazardous chemicals](https://consult.swa.gov.au/?ref=whsbrief.com) [National Safe Work Month activity kit released ahead of October](https://www.safeworkaustralia.gov.au/media-centre/news/start-planning-october-our-national-safe-work-month-activity-kit?ref=whsbrief.com) [John Holland's second Commonwealth charge heads to the Downing Centre next month](https://www.comcare.gov.au/about/news-events/news/john-holland-charged-over-metro-incident?ref=whsbrief.com) [Fewer WHS prosecutions in 2025, but the average penalty hit a record high](https://www.safeworkaustralia.gov.au/media-centre/news/work-health-and-safety-prosecutions-new-data-now-available?ref=whsbrief.com) [Resources Regulator publishes its April to June 2026 quarterly safety report](https://www.resources.nsw.gov.au/news-articles/quarterly-safety-report-april-to-june-2026-released?ref=whsbrief.com) [Underground mines: should filter self-rescuers be replaced?](https://www.resources.nsw.gov.au/news-articles/feedback-invited-on-self-rescue-devices-underground-mines?ref=whsbrief.com) [Mines and petroleum sites: two weeks left on plant registration and licensing reform](https://www.resources.nsw.gov.au/news-articles/plant-design-and-item-registration-consultation?ref=whsbrief.com) [Digital Work Systems duty still waiting on the entry-permit guidelines](https://www.safework.nsw.gov.au/resource-library/consultation/development-of-the-digital-work-systems-guidelines?ref=whsbrief.com) [Worker crushed against pallet racking by a load that dislodged from a reach stacker](https://www.worksafe.vic.gov.au/news/2026-09/worksafe-investigates-tottenham-warehouse-fatality?ref=whsbrief.com) [Solar installer convicted on ten charges after four rooftop sites in seven months](https://www.worksafe.vic.gov.au/news/2026-09/solar-company-fined-100000-repeated-falls-heights-offences?ref=whsbrief.com) [Crane company charged after a chain touched 22kV and arc-flashed four workers](https://www.energysafe.vic.gov.au/media-centre/news/crane-company-charged-after-powerline-contact-seriously-injures-worker?ref=whsbrief.com) [Myer and GeekPlus robot fatality charges reach their first hearing next Monday](https://www.worksafe.vic.gov.au/news/2026-09/department-store-and-robotics-supplier-charged-after-warehouse-fatality?ref=whsbrief.com) [Workplace Protection Orders Act 2026 is now law for retail and transport workers](https://www.legislation.vic.gov.au/bills/workplace-protection-orders-bill-2026?ref=whsbrief.com) [RSHQ alert after a worker was struck by a drift runner he had just fallen from](https://www.rshq.qld.gov.au/safety-and-health-alerts/mines/serious-accident-involving-a-pressurised-compressed-air-system-and-mobile-equipment?ref=whsbrief.com) [Six contraband ignition sources found underground in 2026, after none since 2012](https://www.rshq.qld.gov.au/safety-and-health-alerts/mines/contraband-and-unauthorised-ignition-sources-underground-in-coal-mines?ref=whsbrief.com) [Electrical Safety Regulation 2026: which regulation applies to a notice issued now](https://www.worksafe.qld.gov.au/laws-and-compliance/electrical-safety-laws/electrical-safety-regulation-2026?ref=whsbrief.com) [Seven approved Queensland codes of practice varied on the same day](https://www.legislation.qld.gov.au/view/html/inforce/current/sl-2022-0096?ref=whsbrief.com) [Fireworks company fined for exceeding its stored explosive quantity by 208kg](https://www.owhsp.qld.gov.au/court-report/sunshine-coast-fireworks-company-fined-over-illegal-explosives-stockpile?ref=whsbrief.com) [Nine days left on the falls from height transition for WA construction](https://www.worksafe.wa.gov.au/announcements/transitional-period-falls-height-construction-extended?ref=whsbrief.com) [WorkSafe WA's six prosecutions over four 2024 deaths are now before the courts](https://www.wa.gov.au/government/announcements/worksafe-commences-multiple-prosecutions?ref=whsbrief.com) [Statutory review of the WHS Act 2020 heads for its report](https://www.wa.gov.au/government/publications/whs-act-2020-statutory-review-discussion-paper?ref=whsbrief.com) [SafeWork SA's five portals become one from today](https://www.safework.sa.gov.au/news-and-alerts/news/news/2025new/safework-sa-services-to-be-simplified?ref=whsbrief.com) [School charged over a hammer throw ball that struck a student in the head](https://www.safework.sa.gov.au/news-and-alerts/news/news/2025new/school-charged-after-athletics-training-incident?ref=whsbrief.com) [Two pastoral companies charged after a mustering pilot died without the right endorsement](https://www.safework.sa.gov.au/news-and-alerts/news/news/2025new/charges-laid-after-fatal-outback-plane-crash?ref=whsbrief.com) [Juice manufacturer charged after a UHT airlock ceiling collapsed under two workers](https://www.safework.sa.gov.au/news-and-alerts/news/news/2025new/juice-manufacturer-charged-after-ceiling-collapse?ref=whsbrief.com) [South Australia's first industrial manslaughter prosecution is still before the court](https://www.safework.sa.gov.au/news-and-alerts/news/news/2025new/first-industrial-manslaughter-charges-laid-over-death-of-worker?ref=whsbrief.com) [Mines Work Health and Safety (Supplementary Requirements) Regulations 2026 in development](https://worksafe.tas.gov.au/%5F%5Fdata/assets/pdf%5Ffile/0020/853121/Mine-Regulations-2026.pdf?ref=whsbrief.com) [New exposure limits reach Tasmanian workplaces in ten weeks](https://www.safeworkaustralia.gov.au/media-centre/news/new-workplace-exposure-limits-wel-apply-1-december-2026?ref=whsbrief.com) [Model law amendments on notifications and crane licences await Tasmanian adoption](https://www.safeworkaustralia.gov.au/media-centre/news/amendments-model-whs-laws-published?ref=whsbrief.com) [NI2026-340 is the instrument that actually changed the ACT's exposure standards](https://www.legislation.act.gov.au/ni/2026-340/?ref=whsbrief.com) [Aluminium welding fume exposure standard cut fivefold](https://www.worksafe.act.gov.au/health-and-safety-portal/safety-alerts/reduction-in-workplace-exposure-standards-for-aluminium-welding-fumes?ref=whsbrief.com) [WorkSafe ACT tells PCBUs to reassess airborne exposures before WELs arrive](https://www.worksafe.act.gov.au/health-and-safety-portal/safety-alerts/new-guidance-on-managing-workplace-exposure-to-airborne-contaminants?ref=whsbrief.com) [PCBUs reminded that facilities duties extend to workers who menstruate](https://www.worksafe.act.gov.au/health-and-safety-portal/safety-alerts/supporting-workers-who-menstruate?ref=whsbrief.com) [Improvised lift with an excavator quick-hitch lug amputates a worker's thumb](https://worksafe.nt.gov.au/forms-and-resources/safety-alerts/improvised-lift-technique-amputates-workers-thumb?ref=whsbrief.com) [Electrical Safety Act 2022 amendments abolish the Discipline Committee](https://worksafe.nt.gov.au/forms-and-resources/news-and-events/news/2026/changes-to-the-electrical-safety-act-2022?ref=whsbrief.com) [National Safe Work Month speakers confirmed for the Territory](https://worksafe.nt.gov.au/forms-and-resources/news-and-events/media-releases/2026/high-calibre-speakers-headline-national-safe-work-month?ref=whsbrief.com) [First tranche of guidance lands for the 1 April 2027 HSWA changes](https://www.worksafe.govt.nz/about-us/news-and-media/new-guidance-released-for-upcoming-hswa-changes/?ref=whsbrief.com) [Two manufacturers complete $490,000 of enforceable undertakings instead of prosecution](https://www.worksafe.govt.nz/about-us/news-and-media/manufacturing-businesses-invest-490k-into-hazardous-substances-safety-following-worker-harm/?ref=whsbrief.com) [Inspectors head to beef and lamb farms and residential builds from October](https://www.worksafe.govt.nz/about-us/news-and-media/worksafe-inspectors-head-to-farms-and-residential-builds-in-proactive-safety-push/?ref=whsbrief.com) [DR AS 2550.2:2026 — Cranes, hoists and winches, Safe use, Part 2: Serial hoists and winches](https://comment.standards.org.au/?ref=whsbrief.com) [DR AS ISO 7240.1:2026 — Fire detection and alarm systems, Part 1: General and definitions](https://comment.standards.org.au/?ref=whsbrief.com) [DR AS 7240.7:2026 — Fire detection and alarm systems, Part 7: Point type smoke detectors](https://comment.standards.org.au/?ref=whsbrief.com) [DR AS 5359:2026 — The storage and handling of hydrogen](https://comment.standards.org.au/?ref=whsbrief.com) [DR AS 3640:2026 and DR AS 2985:2026 — Workplace atmospheres, inhalable and respirable dust](https://comment.standards.org.au/?ref=whsbrief.com) [DR AS 5414:2026 — Bushfire water spray systems](https://comment.standards.org.au/?ref=whsbrief.com) [Standards Australia is closing its Training platform, new enrolments already stopped](https://www.standards.org.au/news/standards-australia-to-conclude-training-platform?ref=whsbrief.com) [Used lithium batteries: free guidance on safe packaging and transport by road and rail](https://www.standards.org.au/news/australias-end-of-life-lithium-battery-supply-chain-new-guidance-strengthens-safety?ref=whsbrief.com)