Workers ‘very lucky’ after crane parts crush luxury Gold Coast tower Pearl Main Beach
Parts of a crane have caused damage to luxury Main Beach tower PEARL, being developed by Raptis Group.
Construction
Man killed in workplace accident in Gungahlin after being pinned underneath truck trailer
Man killed in workplace accident in Gungahlin after being pinned underneath truck trailer
Construction company fined $150,000 over death at University of Canberra Hospital worksite
Construction company Multiplex has been fined $150,000 over the death of a construction worker on one of its building sites five years ago.
Construction company fined over work safety breach that led to death
Civil construction company Pipecon has been convicted and fined $550,000 for a workplace safety breach that killed two workers on a housing development in Ballarat.
Townsville City Council loses court action against CFMEU over worker’s medical
Townsville City Council has left court with its tail between its legs after losing an expensive legal fight picked with the CFMEU.
Man’s death expected to supercharge protest fury
A man has taken his own life at a West Melbourne building site, hours after a construction shutdown was announced.
Company charged with negligence over tradie’s death
A roofing truss company (Melbourne Truss) is accused of failing to provide a safe work environment after a well-loved tradie was killed by a falling beam at a Point Cook site.
CFMMEU officers face court over OHS COVID-19 breaches
The Australian Building and Construction Commission (ABCC) has commenced legal action in court against the CFMMEU and two of its officers, for right of entry contraventions at the Central Energy Plant Towers Upgrade in South Brisbane. The ABCC alleges that the CFMMEU officers, Andrew Blakeley and Beau Seiffert, acted in an improper manner and repeatedly refused to sign in and comply with the site’s occupational health and safety coronavirus (COVID-19) requirements. Blakeley also allegedly verbally abused a site manager.
Demolition company fined $100,000 after fatal wall collapse
Horsham Back-Hoe Hire was sentenced in the Ballarat Magistrates’ Court on Friday after pleading guilty on 28 May to one charge of failing to maintain a safe workplace.
Concrete pump explosion in CBD leaves workers injured
A worker in Melbourne’s CBD has been wheeled from a building on a stretcher with a bloodied face, after a truck’s concrete pump exploded.
Man dies in horrific workplace accident at bowling alley
A man has been killed in a workplace related incident while conducting construction works at a popular bowling alley in Brisbane’s southwest.
Demolition Saw Injures Worker
The CareFlight rescue helicopter was called to an accident at Balgowlah Heights.
Worker injured after he was stuck by metal while down a 5m hole
A worker is in a serious condition after he was struck by sheets of reinforcing metal at the bottom of a 5m deep excavation.
Worker in fall in stable condition
A young man has been rushed to Royal Perth Hospital after a suspected workplace accident at the soon to be revamped Karrinyup Shopping Centre.
Esperance business owner jailed after death of worker
A small-business owner in Esperance has become the first person in Western Australia to be jailed for gross negligence, after the death of a young worker last year and serious injuries to another.
