A Queensland construction company and its director are facing court after a worker injured his back falling through a garbage chute opening on a building site.
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A man has died after a piece of machinery fell off a truck and on top of him in a horror workplace accident in central west NSW.
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Dreamworld’s parent company has been fined $3.6 million after pleading guilty to safety charges over the Thunder River Rapids ride tragedy that killed four people.
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A former paper mill operator has been fined more than $1 million following the deaths of two employees at the site.
Paper mill fined $1 million after deaths of two workers Read More »
A GoFundMe fundraising page has been established to help the family of Bendigo burns victim Scott O’Keefe.
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WorkSafe is investigating incidents leading to the deaths of two men in regional areas at the weekend.
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A Lilydale food company has been fined $80,000 after a horrific a 500kg corn milling machine fell on to a worker, leaving them with “life-changing” injuries including a punctured lung and fractured ribs, leg, ankle and lower back.
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The Victorian government says it is actively surveilling businesses failing to adhere to social distancing and personal protective equipment rules, under an ongoing WorkSafe “blitz” designed to promote compliance with COVID-19 regulations.
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Australia’s health regulator has fined dozens of companies more than $800,000 for unlawfully advertising or illegally importing health products to profit from the pandemic.
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In a historic decision, the Federal Court of Australia has ruled that workers have a legal right to toilet breaks and to drink water while at the workplace.
Historic ruling over employee breaks Read More »
A spokeswoman for NSW Ambulance told 9News the man, believed to be aged in his 60s, is being treated at hospital for burns to his chest, back, torso, neck and arms.
Man in serious condition after being burnt Read More »
A manufacturing company has been fined $165,000 after a worker’s hand was partially severed when it was caught in a press.
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A residential construction company has been fined $850,000 following the death of a tradesman who fell from a building site in Kalkallo.
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The Full Bench of the Fair Work Commission has upheld the dismissal of an employee with 30 years’ service and a satisfactory safety record after the employee breached a key safety protocol in which he had received adequate training.
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Attending work conferences can be educational, inspiring and sometimes even a bit of fun. Some may even go as far as to say that there were more excited about the post-conference socialising than the topics being presented on.
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