Perils of the kitchen bench
There has been considerable publicity in the media recently about respiratory problems caused to people from the cutting of engineered stone kitchen benches.
June 2020
Man, 51, amputates own leg in horror workplace accident
A 51-year-old arborist has accidentally amputated his own leg in a horrific workplace accident in NSW’s Hawkesbury region.
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Cause of a tyre fitter’s death revealed.
A fatal accident involving a tyre fitter at the Bengalla coal mine in New South Wales in late 2018 has highlighted the importance of conducting a risk assessment on wash bays.
WA court fines Griffin Coal $210,000
A West Australian coal miner has been fined $210,000 over the death of a worker at a Collie mine site in 2018.
‘Stabbing pain’: X-ray reveals man’s horror workplace injury
An X-ray has captured the horrific workplace injury that turned a Brisbane man’s world upside down, leaving him in near constant pain for years.
Car wrecking yard fined $3 million
A Brisbane car wrecking yard has been fined $3m after a worker died in an accident last year.
Gas bottle explosion leaves two injured
Two workers have been taken to hospital with facial burns after a gas bottle caught on fire at the Gold Coast Convention and Exhibition Centre.
