Gas bottle explosion leaves two injured
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.
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Health Minister tells dodgy face mask sellers they ‘will be prosecuted’
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.
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Company fined over fatal NSW wall collapse
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.
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Man dead, woman flown to Orange Hospital after workplace accident
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.
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NZ company fined $270,000 after workplace injury
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.
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Bayswater company cops heavy fine
A Bayswater company has been fined after an employee was left with “traumatic” injuries when gas cylinders in his ute blew up.
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Workers claim WorkCover for COVID-19
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.
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Meat production company prosecuted
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.
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Cedar Meats workers speak out
Second case was identified on 26 April, but workers say they were not offered masks until 30 April
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Four men injured following wall collapse
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.
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Urgent think tank to improve farm safety
The WA State government is planning an urgent Farm Safety Summit to improve workplace safety in the agriculture sector.
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WorkSafe has launched an investigation over a virus outbreak
The workplace watchdog on Wednesday confirmed it had launched an investigation into Cedar Meats as the number of confirmed COVID-19 cases from the Brooklyn meatworks climbed to 88.
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Ravensthorpe nickel mine contractor fined over accident
A contractor at a nickel mine in Western Australia’s south east has been fined $11,000 after a machine loaded with pipes rolled and almost injured his daughter and another employee.
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Farmer dies in ATV rollover
A farmer has died after he was thrown from an ATV in central Victoria.
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The WA McGowan Government to hold urgent Farm Safety Summit
Industrial Relations Minister Bill Johnston will hold an urgent Farm Safety Summit on Wednesday May 27 to discuss with relevant groups how to improve workplace safety in Western Australia’s Agriculture industry.
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