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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Construction
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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Three Workplace Accidents in Three Hours
A man has died and another is in a critical condition in one of three workplace accidents in just three hours in Sydney this morning.
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Keeping Accidents Real
An operator was driving a load haul dump (LHD) vehicle in an underground roadway at Mannering Colliery when a damaged roof support strap entered the open cab and hit the operator in the head.
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Man fined for assaulting WorkSafe inspector
A man has been convicted and fined $3500 for assaulting a WorkSafe inspector at a construction site in Elwood, Victoria.
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