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.
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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.
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.
Worker’s death sparks safety debate around employer-owned vehicles
For the past two months, WorkSafe has reported four fatalities who died in separate incidents while working around employer-owned vehicles, particularly company trucks.
Can an employer escape accountability if the company is in liquidation?
The director of a company in liquidation in Auckland has been ordered to pay $100,000 for reparations following the death of a subcontractor. According to WorkSafe NZ, the subcontractor fell from the roof of a house to a concrete patio while spray painting.
WorkSafe takes a second bite of the cherry
WorkSafe announced it filed charges against the body corporate of St. Basil’s Age Care, over alleged breaches to the Occupational Health and Safety Act, following the deadly Covid outbreak at its Fawkner residential aged care facility in 2020. The charges are set to be heard in Melbourne Magistrates’ Court next Monday on August 1.
Worker dies after falling through roof
A maintenance worker has died in hospital after falling through the roof of a shed at a plant nursey in Monbulk.
Farm death
Worksafe is investigating a fatality in which a farm worker died after being crushed between a tip truck and a front end loader on a property at Cowwarr last week.
Roofing company fined after worker’s death
Just 17 days after a labourer was electrocuted and another seriously burned, four other roof workers fell four metres onto concrete ground at a nearby Sydney site.
Maintenance worker killed in Werribee South workplace accident
A 29-year-old man has died after he was crushed by a truck in a horrific workplace accident in Melbourne’s west.
Timber firm fined $262k for fatal accident
A timber firm has been fined over $262,000 after the death of a worker in an accident at its sawmill in the NSW central west.
Transport company fined $600k
A Melbourne manufacturer has been slugged with a $600,000 fine over the death of a young apprentice, who suffocated in a tanker just 10 days after starting a work placement.
One believed dead following incident at Wahring
One person is believed to have died following an incident at Wahring.
