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Safety regulators are taking an increasingly active approach to policing employers' management of psychosocial hazards, risk specialists say.

This is occurring against a backdrop of rising numbers of workers' compensation claims relating to mental health conditions, says Risk Collective founder Amy Towers.

"[Safe Work Australia] data shows us that one in 10 serious workers' comp claims are related to mental health conditions," Towers told a recent WorkPro briefing.

At 10.5% of the total, mental health claims aren't the most common type – "traditional" physical injuries arising from hazards such as manual handling, body stressing, and slips, trips and falls remain the most prevalent.

But they continue to increase year-on-year, and they're the most expensive, Towers says...