A man is fighting for life and five other people were injured in a gas explosion at a recycling factory in Victoria.
Explosion at factory in Shepparton North, Victoria, injures six workers Read More »
WorkSafe has charged garlic bread manufacturer Centenary Bakehouse with multiple health and safety breaches after a worker fell to their death in August 2021.
Bakery charged with workplace manslaughter Read More »
28 April is International Workers’ Memorial Day which commemorates people killed, disabled, injured or made unwell by their work.
Workers remembered on international memorial day Read More »
In a recent decision, the Administrative Appeals Tribunal (AAT) awarded compensation to an employee who sustained an injury caused by their employment while working from home.
AAT decision confirms work from home injury liability Read More »
Police have been told two men went into the store on Minerva Road just after 9pm Saturday.
Worker injured in hold-up Read More »
A Victorian company has been fined $225,000 after a manager was fatally crushed inside a shipping container.
Company fined after manager crushed to death Read More »
A Carrum Downs truck body manufacturer has been convicted and fined $225,000 after a manager was crushed and killed inside a shipping container.Prestige Truck Bodies (Aust) Pty Ltd was sentenced in the Melbourne County Court today after pleading guilty to a single charge of failing to provide or maintain safe systems of work, so far
$225,000 fine after shipping container death Read More »
More than three years after almost dying on a Craigieburn worksite and suffering terrible injuries, a Melbourne tradie still can’t function the way he used to. Read his story.
Ricardo Fuentes reveals extent of injuries in Craigieburn workplace incident Read More »
WorkSafe has charged a gate manufacturing and repair business after the death of another company’s worker in April 2022.
Gate repair company charged after fatal crush Read More »
WorkSafe has charged a former director of a glass supplier and installer after two workers were allegedly bullied.
Company director charged over workplace bullying Read More »
The operator of The Cheeky Squire restaurant in Frankston has been convicted and fined $35,000 after two workers were injured in a hot oil spill.
Restaurant fined over hot oil burns Read More »
A truck driver who twice called an ambulance as he drove home from a V8 Supercars event has been convicted for falsely claiming his back injury happened the next day at work.
Fraudster to repay $144,000 after false work injury claim Read More »
A Melbourne rubber product manufacturer has been charged over the death of an employee who was hit in the head by a piece of machinery.
Worker killed from machinery Read More »
A Victorian mechanics business that serviced a petrol tanker days before it crashed and killed three people in the state’s north east in 2014 has had its fine increased after an appeal.
Fine increased by Court of Appeal Read More »
A district court of Queensland recently dealt with a negligence claim of a worker who said he suffered an injury because the employer did not properly instruct him about the dangers of his job.
How can employees prove employer negligence with workplace injuries? Read More »
