Employers are now required to notify WorkSafe immediately when they become aware a worker has received a confirmed coronavirus (COVID-19) diagnosis.
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A construction company has been issued five “fall from height” improvement notices since a carpenter fell more than three metres and died on its watch.
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A 34yo Yarra Ranges family has been left devastated after a man was crushed to death while repairing a truck.
Lilydale man dead after tip truck crushes him Read More »
United Access Pty Ltd was sentenced in the Melbourne County Court on Wednesday last week following the August 2017 death of a worker who was thrown from a mobile elevated work platform (EWP).
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Apart from ensuring that employees had the technology and resources necessary to work from home, the biggest concern for many was work health and safety. Work health and safety obligations continue to operate while employees are working from home, and employers must be careful to implement strategies to help discharge these obligations in the absence of physical control over the employee’s workspace.
A coronavirus outbreak at a Melbourne law firm is being probed following claims from a number of workers about its coronavirus practices.
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A Victorian business has been fined $85,000 over the death of a worker who was hit and thrown from a lift he was moving.
Victorian company fined $85k over worker’s death Read More »
Dreamworld’s parent company Ardent Leisure has been charged over the 2016 theme park tragedy that killed four people when the Thunder River Rapids ride malfunctioned at the Gold Coast park.
Dreamworld parent company faces charges Read More »
An underground miner has been seriously injured in an accident at a gold mine in Western Australia.
WA gold miner seriously injured in underground accident Read More »
A man has suffered critical injuries after falling 3m off a roof at Wahroonga Public School on Sydney’s north shore. Emergency services have described it as a “workplace accident”.
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A 35-year-old man has been crushed to death by a metal beam in a horrific workplace accident in Smithfield, in western Sydney.
Worker killed in freak accident Read More »
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From July 1, Victorian employers that fail to meet health and safety obligations face tough new penalties should their negligence lead to a worker dying on the job.
New era for workplace health and safety Read More »
There has been considerable publicity in the media recently about respiratory problems caused to people from the cutting of engineered stone kitchen benches.
Perils of the kitchen bench Read More »
A 51-year-old arborist has accidentally amputated his own leg in a horrific workplace accident in NSW’s Hawkesbury region.
Man, 51, amputates own leg in horror workplace accident Read More »
