Tradesman dies a gruesome death
A tradesman has died after sustaining fatal injuries in a work place accident involving a scissor lift at a worksite in Melbourne.
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Construction
Worker dies after falling from roof
A 55-year-old man has fallen from a roof at a demolition site adjacent to the Campus East student accommodation, located at the northern end of the Innovation Campus in Squires Way, North Wollongong.
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Construction site death in ACT
Police and WorkSafe inspectors on Saturday launched an investigation at an under-construction townhouse complex in Denman Prospect following the death of a worker on the site.
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Carpenter has thumb reattached
The Auckland carpenter accidentally sliced off his left thumb with a saw while working on a piece of furniture.
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Company fine over Eagle Farm deaths was ‘disproportionate’, judge rules
The company at the centre of a Brisbane workplace accident in which two men were crushed to death under a concrete slab has been hit with a tougher fine after an appeal.
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CFMMEU officials fined $156,900
A federal judge has lashed the Construction, Forestry, Maritime, Mining and Energy Union (CFMMEU) for using “bogus” safety claims to shut down three Sydney construction sites as he handed the union and two officials a combined $156,900 penalty.
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Fatal accident at St Leonards
The St Patrick’s College community is in mourning for a former Ballarat man who was killed after a workplace accident on the Bellarine Peninsula last week.
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Man dies after workplace accident at IMAX in Darling Harbour
A man has died after a worksite accident at the IMAX Theatre in Darling Harbour in Sydney.
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Builder fined $110,000 over worker accident
A Brisbane builder has been fined $110,000 after a worker fell and was impaled on a steel bar while constructing a house in Balmoral.
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Building company ordered to pay $151k
A Northland building business has been ordered to pay $151,000 after a worker was injured in what WorkSafe called “devastating consequences.”
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Worker injured in crane fall
A worker who suffered head injuries after falling inside a crane in Melbourne has been rescued and is now in hospital in a stable condition.
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Cropping operation fined
A Darling Downs cropping operation has been fined $75,000 over a workplace accident where a worker was caught in a trench after it collapsed.
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Building company fined $110,000
A Brisbane building company has been fined $110,000 after a worker fell and was impaled on a steel bar while constructing a Balmoral house.
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‘Concrete bullets’: Workers injured after Southbank worksite explosion
Construction workers were injured and “concrete bullets” fired into a car during an industrial explosion at a CBD worksite on Saturday afternoon.
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Building company fined
A building company has been fined $47,500 (and ordered to pay $1519 in costs) over an incident in which a 3.88-tonne tilt-up panel fell from a building under construction onto a neighbouring car park.
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