Girl, 18, has arm crushed in salt factory machine
A young woman has been left with horrific injuries after her arm was crushed in a roller at work.
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2022
Company director fined
Elite Portables and PSH Holdings director Paul Jeffrey Hansen fined in Toowoomba Magistrates Court after worker was seriously injured
An employee of a Toowoomba business lost four toes in a workplace incident two years ago, with the company and its director copping a hefty fine after facing court.
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One tonne of timber falls on worker
Emergency services raced to the scene of a workplace accident in southwest Sydney after one tonne of timber fell onto a worker, who suffered a partial amputation and degloving of two fingers and a thumb.
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Worker killed in accident at Sydney school
A stonemason has been crushed by a sandstone block while he was working at a high school in Sydney’s inner west.
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Large Fines for NSW Employers – Failure to comply with Work Health & Safety Act
In two separate cases, the NSW District Court has handed down large fines in fatality matters.
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Worker’s death sparks safety debate around employer-owned vehicles
For the past two months, WorkSafe has reported four fatalities who died in separate incidents while working around employer-owned vehicles, particularly company trucks.
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Can an employer escape accountability if the company is in liquidation?
The director of a company in liquidation in Auckland has been ordered to pay $100,000 for reparations following the death of a subcontractor. According to WorkSafe NZ, the subcontractor fell from the roof of a house to a concrete patio while spray painting.
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WorkSafe takes a second bite of the cherry
WorkSafe announced it filed charges against the body corporate of St. Basil’s Age Care, over alleged breaches to the Occupational Health and Safety Act, following the deadly Covid outbreak at its Fawkner residential aged care facility in 2020. The charges are set to be heard in Melbourne Magistrates’ Court next Monday on August 1.
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Worker dies after falling through roof
A maintenance worker has died in hospital after falling through the roof of a shed at a plant nursey in Monbulk.
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How to Handle A Workplace Complaint
When a worker makes a complaint to their employer, the consequences of mishandling that complaint can be significant.
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Worker wounded in factory
A worker has been seriously injured in a fall at a factory in Dandenong South.
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Worker impaled by steel rod
A workplace accident in Lake Macquarie today has left a man in hospital and lucky to be alive.
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Farm death
Worksafe is investigating a fatality in which a farm worker died after being crushed between a tip truck and a front end loader on a property at Cowwarr last week.
Roofing company fined after worker’s death
Just 17 days after a labourer was electrocuted and another seriously burned, four other roof workers fell four metres onto concrete ground at a nearby Sydney site.
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Maintenance worker killed in Werribee South workplace accident
A 29-year-old man has died after he was crushed by a truck in a horrific workplace accident in Melbourne’s west.
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