Gate repairer fined $350K over truckie’s death
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.
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Worker’s injury while commuting fails compensation test
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.
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Which retail and wholesale workers are most at risk of injury?
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.
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Charges after telehandler incident causes brain injury
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.
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Worker’s ‘gruesome’ hand injury results in $50k fine for company
Manufacturing company Cryoquip was recently sentenced after pleading guilty to two charges of failing to provide a safe workplace in the Dandenong Magistrates Court.
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