Another death at a poultry processing plant
A man has died following a tragic workplace accident at a poultry processing plant in Adelaide’s northern suburbs.
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Wallan train derailment probe queries what driver knew
Safety investigators are probing whether the driver of a train that derailed in Wallan last year knew there was a track diversion in place at the site of the accident, with an interim report into the horrific crash released on Thursday.
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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.
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Dandenong South factory death
A factory worker has tragically died in an accident at Dandenong South.
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A workplace tragedy where no one gets off lightly
This day has been coming for some time. Still, a decision this week has sent dread around the boardrooms of Australia. In a first for Western Australia, a director of a small shed-building business has just been sentenced to serve actual jail time (not a suspended sentence) after the tragic death of a worker.
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Multiple charges laid over death of Northern Territory worker in excavator accident
Five charges have been laid over the death of a 30-year-old worker who was crushed and killed by an excavator bucket in 2019 — including two charges against the company director and another charge against an employee.
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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.
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Vic farm worker dies in hay bale fall
A farm worker in eastern Victoria has died after six large hay bales fell on him.
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SafeWork SA investigating after man crushed by machinery in workplace incident at Waterloo Corner
A man has died at a business north of Adelaide this morning, police say.
Worker killed by truck at Ingham’s chicken factory site at Burton
A man has been killed in a tragic workplace accident at Ingham’s chicken factory at Burton, in Adelaide’s northern suburbs, after a truck hit the employee.
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Building company fined $175,000 over death of worker
Building company Gran Designs WA Pty Ltd has been fined a total of $175,000 over the 2017 death of a contract worker in the South-West town of Yarloop.
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Business owner pleads guilty to gross negligence
A small business owner is facing the prospect of a lengthy prison sentence after pleading guilty to gross negligence that resulted in the death of a young worker on Western Australia’s south coast last year.
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Worker falls from eight story building
A man has died after falling from the roof of an eight-story building at a construction site in Sydney’s south-west.
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Why federal Royal Commission into pandemic still needed
Almost the entire political class would prefer to ignore an ongoing criminal investigation into the Victorian government for its inept handling of hotel quarantine that led to nearly 800 deaths, Peta Crelin writes.
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Daniel Andrews is under investigation for indictable criminal offences over hotel quarantine.
Developments late last week confirm that the Victorian government — including Premier Daniel Andrews — is under investigation for indictable criminal offences. The investigation by WorkSafe Victoria relates to the failed hotel quarantine program of 2020 and alleged breaches of health and safety laws.
