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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A farm worker in eastern Victoria has died after six large hay bales fell on him.
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A man has died at a business north of Adelaide this morning, police say.
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 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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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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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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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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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.
A man has been crushed to death in a shocking incident at a storage facility in Dandenong South.
A man has been crushed to death while operating machinery in a horror accident at a metal fabricator in Melbourne.
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An electrical company and its director have been fined $81,000 after “failures in the workplace” led to the death of fourth-year apprentice electrician, Derick Suratin.
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WorkSafe Victoria is investigating a diesel fuel tank explosion that led to the death of a 35-year-old man. The incident occurred at a part-time engine repair business at Fieldstone on 15 February 2021.
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Agriculture company Hay Australia has halted all work at its Bridgewater plant until further notice.
One dead in Bridgewater industrial incident Read More »
A man has been killed in a horrific workplace accident, after an object fell from a crane onto him.
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