Chemical leak as Riverview workplace evacuated
Thousands of JBS Dinmore workers have been evacuated after a major ammonia leak in the cold room at the slaughterhouse and processing plant.
Abattoir
Cedar Meats fined $15,000 after worker crushes arm
Cedar Meats, the Victorian abattoir at the centre of a major coronavirus outbreak last year, has been fined $15,000 after one of their employees crushed her arm during a shift.
Another death at a poultry processing plant
A man has died following a tragic workplace accident at a poultry processing plant in Adelaide’s northern suburbs.
Man dies in second workplace accident at Cowaramup Meat Processors this year
A man has died in a workplace accident at an abattoir in WA’s south-west – the second workplace fatality at the site this year.
Meat processing company fined
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.
Abattoir Workers Offered New Vocation Training in Wake of COVID-19
In light of extensive reductions to staff numbers across Victoria’s abattoirs and after 45 employees of JBS Brooklyn, an abattoir in Melbourne’s west, refused to return to work out of fears for their safety following a COVID-19 outbreak, PETA has written to the union with an offer to cover the cost of re-training staff in the nonviolent profession of floral design.
Cedar Meats workers speak out
Second case was identified on 26 April, but workers say they were not offered masks until 30 April
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.
Man dies after workplace incident in Cowaramup
An investigation is now underway after a man died following a workplace accident at an abattoir in Cowaramup on Tuesday morning, February 4.
Man trapped in meat slicer
A man in his 60’s has been flown to hospital from a Lockyer Valley workplace after being trapped by his arms in a meat slicer at a business west of Brisbane.
Meat slicer injury under investigation
Workplace Health and Safety Queensland (WHS Queensland) is investigating an incident from August 2019 where a young worker suffered serious hand injuries at a meat processing plant in Brisbane. It is believed the worker’s hand was severed while he was operating a guillotine-style slicing machine used to cut frozen meat.
Severed hand rehab
A Queensland man has had part of his hand re-attached after it was severed during a horror workplace incident.
Man crushed to death
A horror death at Western Meat Exporters in Charleville has sparked a Workplace Health and Safety investigation.
