Man killed by scissor lift
Emergency services rushed to rescue the trapped man but he couldn’t be saved.
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Construction
$50,000 fine after fatal boom pump failure
A Balwyn North concrete pumping company has been convicted and fined $50,000 after a concrete boom pump snapped and fatally struck a worker.
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Danger that led to employee injury was ‘obvious and known to the employer’: NSW court
The District Court of New South Wales recently dealt with a work health and safety case involving a construction company that failed to ensure the safety of its workers, resulting in serious injuries to a painter who fell through a void at a residential construction site.
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Employer or contractor: Court determines liability in workplace accident
The District Court of New South Wales recently dealt with a case involving a worker who suffered serious injuries after being struck by a crane load at a construction site.
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Shed company fined $90,000 after roof fall
A Victor Harbor shed company has been fined $90,000 after a worker fell through a roof, sustaining serious injuries.
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Teenager injured as nail penetrates his skull
The nail gun was fired by a colleague, penetrating the 16-year-old’s skull and brain.
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Man seriously injured in 2.5-metre fall from a Queensland worksite
The man was taken to hospital in a serious condition.
A man has been seriously injured during a workplace incident in Brisbane.
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Worker seriously injured following incident at Chadstone shopping centre
A worker has sustained serious injuries following a horror industrial incident at a major shopping complex.
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Young apprentice worker killed at Newcastle hospital building site
Twenty-year-old apprentice building worker Harry Mcwilliam was killed at a Newcastle construction site on Wednesday morning, when he was struck by falling steel reinforcement bars.
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Construction company manager fined $60,000 over 2017 fall death of 17-year-old worker
A construction company manager has been fined $60,000 (and ordered to pay $45,813.50) in costs) over the fall death of a 17-year-old worker in 2017.
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Construction supplies company fined $300k
An Australian construction supplies company has been fined $300,000 over a workplace accident that left an employee with severe head and torso injuries.
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Ricardo Fuentes reveals extent of injuries in Craigieburn workplace incident
More than three years after almost dying on a Craigieburn worksite and suffering terrible injuries, a Melbourne tradie still can’t function the way he used to. Read his story.
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Roofing company fined after two serious incidents just weeks apart
A roofing company has been convicted and fined almost half a million dollars in total after a man died and several others were injured in two separate workplace incidents in Sydney three years ago.
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Bricklaying company fined $600k over crushed worker
A company has been fined after a brickie was crushed under a collapsing staircase in 2019, causing serious injuries.
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Business, supervisor fined $55K after worker’s 7m rooftop fall
A roofing business and one of its supervisors have been fined a collective $55,000 after a worker was seriously injured falling through a roof onto a concrete floor.
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