More than 120 employers fined for safety breaches in 2022
Fourteen of those companies were hit with six-figure penalties for breaching the Occupational Health and Safety Act, with the total of all fines imposed by the courts $5,588,750.
Death
Outback Opal Hunters star, dies in workplace accident
The star’s daughter wrote online that it ‘has been the most challenging time for me and our whole family’.
Man failed to use safety cage when killed by exploding tyre
A coroner has found a tyre inflation accident that killed a man two years ago blasted fragments of his clothing from his body — some of which were later found in the ceiling insulation.
Family mourns their loss just days before Christmas
A boilermaker has been remembered as a “gentle and loving” person, after he was killed at work near Ararat.
Company fined $3 million for failing to properly assess competence of driver
The Supreme Court of South Australia has recently upheld a decision of a lower court in deciding that waste management company, Cleanaway, failed to take reasonably practicable measures to materially reduce the risk of an accident on the South Eastern Freeway in Adelaide back in 2014 which killed two people and seriously injured two others.
Stone importer fined $475,000 after worker’s death
A stone importer has been convicted and fined $475,000 after a worker was fatally crushed at a Dingley Village warehouse in April 2020.
Rye carnival ride operator ‘incompetent’
A carnival ride operator was allegedly distracted and holding out a soft toy for patrons to grab onto as six-year-old Eugene Mahauariki slipped out of his seat and fell, a Victorian inquest has heard.
Feedlot company to face court after farmhand electrocuted at Gerang Gerung property
The operator of a cattle feedlot in the Wimmera has been charged after a farmhand was electrocuted.
Gippsland company pleads guilty for worker’s death
An unroadworthy truck led to the crushing death of a garbo, with a Gippsland garbage company pleading guilty in the County Court.
Safety watchdog ignored warnings at site where worker died
The NSW government has bowed to pressure to hold an inquiry into the state’s workplace safety regulator SafeWork NSW, after revelations it was slow to act on safety warnings.
Tributes flow after freak accident
Heartfelt tributes are being paid to a 16-year-old Upper Coomera boy who lost his life in a workplace accident.
Vic company fined $35k over driver death
A freight company has been fined $35,000 following the death of a garbage truck driver in Melbourne’s north.
Worksafe investigates death on farm
WorkSafe is investigating the work-related death of a 59-year-old farmer at a property 20km north of Esperance on Thursday.
Devastating new details emerge after worker found dead at Sydney office
A Sydney Ernst & Young employee found dead at the company’s George St office is understood to be a foreign national whose husband was flying back to Sydney at the time.
Carport and garage manufacturer fined $100K over workplace death
A woman who lost her partner in a workplace incident – which could have been prevented if safety gear was hired for $700 – has implored employers to put the safety of their workers above all else.
