Elon Musk robot attacks worker in Tesla factory
A Tesla engineer was ambushed by a robot at the company’s Texas factory as revelations mount up about the company’s record.
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2023
‘Foaming at the mouth’: Adventure business fined following high wire mishap
An adventure camp popular with school groups has been fined following a high wire incident that left a student “foaming at the mouth” and nearly took her life.
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Shed company fined $90,000 after roof fall
A Victor Harbor shed company has been fined $90,000 after a worker fell through a roof, sustaining serious injuries.
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Perth parents hit out at six-figure fines
A Perth couple has slammed the fines imposed on two companies and a night shift supervisor over the death of their son at an underground mine in Western Australia’s Goldfields region
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Eureka Chip Company fined $63k after worker’s hand crushed in corn grinder at East Bendigo factory
Two well known Bendigo men, including an OAM and a Six Star Finisher, begged for mercy in court for their failing business after an employee’s hand was crushed in a grinder.
Industrial manslaughter to be criminalised in SA
New laws making industrial manslaughter a criminal offence in South Australia have passed Parliament.
Under the Work Health and Safety (Industrial Manslaughter) Amendment Bill, individuals can face a maximum penalty of 20 years imprisonment, and $18 million for companies, if they are reckless or grossly negligent in conduct which breaches a work health and safety duty and results in the death of another person.
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Company fined after woman’s hand amputated
A NSW company has been fined $300,000 after a worker’s hand was amputated on just her second shift at a Sydney warehouse.
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Company faces record-breaking $2.1 million penalty over worker’s traumatic injury
In a recent ruling at the Melbourne County Court, Dennis Jones Engineering Pty Ltd, along with its sole director Dennis Jones, faced the court for their violations under the Occupational Health and Safety Act (OHS).
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Time pressure + no risk of assessment = injured worker
A small business owner was found to have breached his duty of care to take precaution against a foreseeable risk of injury when a warehouse worker suffered an injury while forcefully using a pallet jack in the midst of time pressures.
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Ride on mower death
A council worker has died after he fell off a ride-on lawn mower in a small town on Tasmania’s west coast.
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The consequences of dishonesty
In 2019, an apprentice worker of a marine industrial engineering company, Aimex Ltd, suffered a hypoxic brain injury after being overcome by toxic fumes while cleaning the engine of a boat with brake cleaner.
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Boss slapped strung-up apprentice at work Christmas party
Boss slapped strung-up apprentice at work Christmas party
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Huge fine for Company and director after workplace injury
Dennis Jones Engineering and its director, Dennis Jones, have been slapped with one of the biggest fines in WorkSafe history today (November 9) in Melbourne’s County Court.
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Vegetable business fined $15,000 after worker’s arm caught in conveyor
A company that owns a vegetable farm and packing facility in Mandogalup has been fined $15,000 over an incident in which a worker’s arm was injured when it was trapped in a conveyor belt.
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Scrapper fined $95,000 after customer’s leg severed
Portland Rusty Scrap Metal Pty Ltd was sentenced in the Warrnambool Magistrates’ Court last Friday after pleading guilty to one charge of failing to ensure, so far as reasonably practicable, that persons other than employees were not exposed to health and safety risks.
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