Worker awarded almost $200k for tripping on block of Lego
A Queensland childcare worker who tripped on a Lego block and injured her ankle has been awarded almost $200,000.
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2022
Man failed to use safety cage when killed by exploding tyre
A coroner has found a tyre inflation accident that killed a man two years ago blasted fragments of his clothing from his body — some of which were later found in the ceiling insulation.
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Family mourns their loss just days before Christmas
A boilermaker has been remembered as a “gentle and loving” person, after he was killed at work near Ararat.
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$130,000 fine after nail penetrates teen’s skull
A carpentry company in Langwarrin has been convicted and fined $130,000 after a 16-year-old apprentice was injured twice in one day at a Glen Waverly construction site.
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Company fined $3 million for failing to properly assess competence of driver
The Supreme Court of South Australia has recently upheld a decision of a lower court in deciding that waste management company, Cleanaway, failed to take reasonably practicable measures to materially reduce the risk of an accident on the South Eastern Freeway in Adelaide back in 2014 which killed two people and seriously injured two others.
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$130,000 fine over horror carpentry injury
A Melbourne carpentry business has been fined $130,000 after an apprentice suffered a horrific head injury at work.
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Stone importer fined $475,000 after worker’s death
A stone importer has been convicted and fined $475,000 after a worker was fatally crushed at a Dingley Village warehouse in April 2020.
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Perth company fined after worker has 7 fingers amputated
Authorities have warned West Australian employers to immediately report workplace incidents after a young labourer had to have seven fingers amputated.
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Night shift workers are at more risk of cancer, diabetes and heart disease
Studies have linked rotating shift work to a number of serious health risks. Here’s what you need to know.
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Chemical leak as Riverview workplace evacuated
Thousands of JBS Dinmore workers have been evacuated after a major ammonia leak in the cold room at the slaughterhouse and processing plant.
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Pipe maker fined $45,000 after serious injury
A Victorian company that manufactures reinforced concrete products has been fined $30,000 after a worker’s hand got caught in a machine at its Kilmore workplace, resulting in serious injury.
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Rye carnival ride operator ‘incompetent’
A carnival ride operator was allegedly distracted and holding out a soft toy for patrons to grab onto as six-year-old Eugene Mahauariki slipped out of his seat and fell, a Victorian inquest has heard.
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Feedlot company to face court after farmhand electrocuted at Gerang Gerung property
The operator of a cattle feedlot in the Wimmera has been charged after a farmhand was electrocuted.
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Gippsland company pleads guilty for worker’s death
An unroadworthy truck led to the crushing death of a garbo, with a Gippsland garbage company pleading guilty in the County Court.
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Teachers’ shock assault horror revealed
Teachers are being abused by parents and students at an alarming rate and are more likely to be assaulted than the average worker.
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