Less than a week after another mining death in Queensland, questions are being raised about how fatal incidents should be prosecuted.
Lawyers push for coronial inquest to probe who prosecutes mining fatalities Read More »
There were 157 Australians who left for work last year and never came home, according to the latest preliminary government data.
157 Australian workers killed in 2019 Read More »
Emergency services were called to the Curragh coal mine, 30 kilometres north of Blackwater, just before 4:30pm (local time) on Sunday.
Man killed in accident at central Queensland mine Read More »
A 55-year-old man has fallen from a roof at a demolition site adjacent to the Campus East student accommodation, located at the northern end of the Innovation Campus in Squires Way, North Wollongong.
Worker dies after falling from roof Read More »
Police and WorkSafe inspectors on Saturday launched an investigation at an under-construction townhouse complex in Denman Prospect following the death of a worker on the site.
Construction site death in ACT Read More »
A Queensland woman has died after getting trapped underneath a ride-on lawn mower.
Ride-on mower death Read More »
Former executives at France Télécom have been given prison sentences and fines after being found guilty of “institutional harassment” and creating a culture of routine workplace bullying that sparked a number of suicides at the company.
Workplace bullies get gaol sentences. Read More »
Sixteen people are confirmed dead and another two are unaccounted for, presumed dead, after the eruption of White Island/Whakaari volcano on December 9. Twenty-six people remain in New Zealand and Australian hospitals, all with severe burns requiring complex surgery.
Will tourism companies be held accountable over New Zealand volcano disaster? Read More »
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.
Company fine over Eagle Farm deaths was ‘disproportionate’, judge rules Read More »
The new law of State of Victoria incriminates businesses and officers whose negligent conduct leads to incidence of workplace death and they shall be guilty of workplace manslaughter. The partnership concern, corporate entities and associations shall be liable for fines of up to AU$ 16.5 million while sole traders and officers shall face 20 years of goal time.
Victoria Enacts Law On Industrial Manslaughter Read More »
This investigation will run in parallel to a health and safety WorkSafe investigation into the disaster, Police Deputy Commissioner John Tims announced on Tuesday.
Whakaari/White Island: Police and WorkSafe launch investigations Read More »
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.
Fatal accident at St Leonards Read More »
The 69-year-old died while fighting fires in eastern Victoria.
The DELWP contractor was working in a vehicle which rolled down an embankment.
Firefighter dies in East Gippsland Read More »
A man has died after a worksite accident at the IMAX Theatre in Darling Harbour in Sydney.
Man dies after workplace accident at IMAX in Darling Harbour Read More »
