A Perth couple has slammed the fines imposed on two companies and a night shift supervisor over the death of their son at an underground mine in Western Australia’s Goldfields region
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A council worker has died after he fell off a ride-on lawn mower in a small town on Tasmania’s west coast.
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A WorkSafe investigation is underway after a 44-year-old man was found dead at a factory in Melbourne after the building became engulfed in flames following a chemical explosion.
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WorkSafe is investigating the work-related death of a 22-year-old worker on a farming property in the Shire of Dandaragan, north of Perth, on Wednesday.
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A Victorian company has been fined $350,000 after a worker was killed in timber mill incident.
Timber company fined $350k over worker’s death Read More »
A man has died after reportedly being crushed by a truck at a work site at Victoria Point.
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WorkSafe has charged a Swan Hill water tank manufacturer after a man was killed and another seriously injured in separate unloading incidents.
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John Halls had seven hours left of a 96-hour shift left and had just driven two people home safely after their car broke down when he crashed into a tree at 100km/h.
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A vehicle on board a tow truck rolled off and killed a 67-year-old man who was standing at its rear.
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Western Australia’s WorkSafe commissioner says he hopes the state’s first jail sentence for gross negligence will act as a deterrent to other employers who do not take workplace safety seriously.
WorkSafe has charged a forklift operator following the death of another worker at a Corio warehouse in October 2021.
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A tree removal company has been fined more than $2 million over the death of a worker who was killed when using a defective woodchipping machine.
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Twenty-year-old apprentice building worker Harry Mcwilliam was killed at a Newcastle construction site on Wednesday morning, when he was struck by falling steel reinforcement bars.
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Joshua Wargent had previously spoken about his passion for working in the solar industry.
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One of three men injured in a serious workplace incident in Western Sydney has died, authorities have confirmed.
Injured worker at Woolworths Distribution Centre dies Read More »
