A worker has been convicted and placed on a six month good behaviour bond following the death of a colleague who was struck by a forklift load at a warehouse near Geelong.
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The workers’ compensation industry is often seen through a lens of financial transactions, regulatory compliance, and cost containment.
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A child has died in hospital after being crushed by a falling parking meter stored in a museum courtyard.
Boy dies after being crushed by falling parking meter Read More »
A repair company has been convicted and fined $350,000 after a 59-year-old man was crushed by a falling 1.1 tonne gate in Dandenong South.
Gate repairer fined $350K over truckie’s death Read More »
The County Court of Victoria recently dealt with a case where a worker sought compensation under the Transport Accident Act 1986. She argued that injuries from a bus incident impacted her ability to work and her future employment prospects.
Worker’s injury while commuting fails compensation test Read More »
In the retail and wholesale industry, employees in their first year on the job account for more than a third of all work-related injuries, a recent analysis shows.
Which retail and wholesale workers are most at risk of injury? Read More »
WorkSafe has charged a Gippsland irrigation company after a worker was seriously injured when he was struck by a telehandler at a Yarram dairy farm.
Charges after telehandler incident causes brain injury Read More »
Manufacturing company Cryoquip was recently sentenced after pleading guilty to two charges of failing to provide a safe workplace in the Dandenong Magistrates Court.
Worker’s ‘gruesome’ hand injury results in $50k fine for company Read More »
