The convenience of home-delivered takeaway food is something that many people have come to take for granted but we need to stop and consider the inherent risks for the bicycle riders involved.
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Dodgy employers are taking advantage of migrant workers, claiming they are not employees and cannot make workers’ compensation claims, to avoid admitting responsibility for their injuries.
Injured migrant workers told they aren’t employees Read More »
WorkSafe Victoria will examine if employees of Ambulance Victoria are at risk after widespread claims of bullying, sexual harassment and abuse within the service.
WorkSafe will examine Ambulance Victoria bullying and harassment Read More »
A man has been rescued after falling about six metres down a hole at a worksite in Woolloongabba.
Worker falls six metres at Brisbane worksite Read More »
WorkSafe ‘must use’ its prosecutorial powers against key Andrews government figures
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Barry James Willis, 58, was loading tyres at Brisbane Auto Recycling at Rocklea on May 17, 2019, when he was hit by the reversing forklift and critically injured.
Forklift driver cleared in worker’s death Read More »
Australia’s largest meat processing company has been fined $150,000 over a workplace incident that left a Tasmanian worker with burns to the lower half of his body and ongoing psychological impacts.
Meat processing company fined Read More »
A shocking level of work-related fatalities is disclosed in the figures regularly released by Safe Work Australia.
Grim reality of work-related fatalities in Australia Read More »
A 25-year-old woman who fell from a carnival ride in Far North Queensland late on Saturday is in a critical but stable condition in hospital.
Woman critical after falling from The Hangover ride Read More »
A “one-in-million” farming accident last week resulted in the arm of an experienced worker being completely severed after it was caught in a hay baler.
Farmer has arm torn off and drives himself to get help Read More »
Balcony falls, collapsed walls and cranes dangling off the side of high-rise skyscrapers are among a spike in horrific workplace incidents across NSW. These are the businesses which were responsible for some of the worst cases.
Spike in the number of incidents on NSW worksites Read More »
An increase in workplace fatalities highlights the need for industrial manslaughter to be recognised as a criminal offence.
Action needed on industrial manslaughter Read More »
Valley Sweep and its director Anton Zakic pleaded guilty in the Latrobe Valley Magistrates’ Court to a single charge each under the Occupational Health and Safety Act of failing to provide and maintain safe plant.
Company and director fined $466,000 Read More »
A 23-year-old apprentice worker has died and two others have been injured after a glass roof collapsed at a construction site at Curtin University in Western Australia.
Roof collapse leaves worker dead and two others injured Read More »
A man at a Laverton North steel mill was rushed to hospital following a gory workplace accident. But the man’s employer told a court it wasn’t ultimately its fault the man was hurt.
Company fined after chainsaw injury Read More »
