Teenager injured as nail penetrates his skull
The nail gun was fired by a colleague, penetrating the 16-year-old’s skull and brain.
Construction
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Company fined after nail penetrates teen’s skull
A carpentry company in Langwarrin has been convicted and fined $130,000 after a 16-year-old apprentice was injured twice in one day at a Glen Waverly construction site.
$130,000 fine after nail penetrates teen’s skull
A carpentry company in Langwarrin has been convicted and fined $130,000 after a 16-year-old apprentice was injured twice in one day at a Glen Waverly construction site.
$130,000 fine over horror carpentry injury
A Melbourne carpentry business has been fined $130,000 after an apprentice suffered a horrific head injury at work.
Perth teenager seriously injured after workplace accident
A 16-year-old boy is recovering in hospital from serious injuries after being hit by a falling sheet of plywood at his workplace in Henderson.
Worker killed in accident at Sydney school
A stonemason has been crushed by a sandstone block while he was working at a high school in Sydney’s inner west.
