A fatal accident involving a tyre fitter at the Bengalla coal mine in New South Wales in late 2018 has highlighted the importance of conducting a risk assessment on wash bays.
Cause of a tyre fitter’s death revealed. Read More »
A West Australian coal miner has been fined $210,000 over the death of a worker at a Collie mine site in 2018.
WA court fines Griffin Coal $210,000 Read More »
An X-ray has captured the horrific workplace injury that turned a Brisbane man’s world upside down, leaving him in near constant pain for years.
‘Stabbing pain’: X-ray reveals man’s horror workplace injury Read More »
A Brisbane car wrecking yard has been fined $3m after a worker died in an accident last year.
Car wrecking yard fined $3 million Read More »
Two workers have been taken to hospital with facial burns after a gas bottle caught on fire at the Gold Coast Convention and Exhibition Centre.
Gas bottle explosion leaves two injured Read More »
Health Minister Greg Hunt has warned manufacturers, importers and sellers of protective face masks that anyone found distributing counterfeit or faulty items in breach of national standards will face court action.
Health Minister tells dodgy face mask sellers they ‘will be prosecuted’ Read More »
A building company and its subcontractors have been fined a total of $620,000 after one man was killed and another injured when a brick wall fell on them at a Sydney building site.
Company fined over fatal NSW wall collapse Read More »
A man is dead and an injured woman has been flown to Orange Hospital after a workplace incident on a property in Cathundral, west of Dubbo.
Man dead, woman flown to Orange Hospital after workplace accident Read More »
Otago Rural Management Limited was fined $270,937 at the Queenstown District Court after the worker was injured by a falling gate in June 2017.
NZ company fined $270,000 after workplace injury Read More »
A Bayswater company has been fined after an employee was left with “traumatic” injuries when gas cylinders in his ute blew up.
Bayswater company cops heavy fine Read More »
Almost 20 Victorians are on WorkCover for either contracting coronavirus or suffering mental illness in the pandemic with the number expected to rise due to the Cedar Meats outbreak.
Workers claim WorkCover for COVID-19 Read More »
Zammit Ham & Bacon Curers Pty Ltd was convicted and fined $75,000 after pleading guilty to a breach of the Work Health and Safety Act 2011, after an incident resulting in the serious injury of an employee at its Pendle Hill worksite in September 2017.
Meat production company prosecuted Read More »
Second case was identified on 26 April, but workers say they were not offered masks until 30 April
Cedar Meats workers speak out Read More »
Emergency services were called to a construction site in Oxford Street, just off James Street in Woollahra, at 9.15 am, following reports that a brick wall had collapsed.
Four men injured following wall collapse Read More »
The WA State government is planning an urgent Farm Safety Summit to improve workplace safety in the agriculture sector.
Urgent think tank to improve farm safety Read More »
