Worker charged after forklift load fatality
WorkSafe has charged a forklift operator following the death of another worker at a Corio warehouse in October 2021.
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Tree removal company fined over $2 million
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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Young apprentice worker killed at Newcastle hospital building site
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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Man dies after crashing through roof and falling 5m
Joshua Wargent had previously spoken about his passion for working in the solar industry.
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Injured worker at Woolworths Distribution Centre dies
One of three men injured in a serious workplace incident in Western Sydney has died, authorities have confirmed.
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Welshpool workplace incident in Perth’s south-east leaves 16-year-old dead
A 16-year-old boy has died in a workplace incident at a business at an industrial suburb in Perth’s south-east after suffering what are believed to be crush injuries.
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Construction company manager fined $60,000 over 2017 fall death of 17-year-old worker
A construction company manager has been fined $60,000 (and ordered to pay $45,813.50) in costs) over the fall death of a 17-year-old worker in 2017.
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A1 Engineering fined after worker crushed to death at old cheese factory
Victorian regional business A1 Engineering has been convicted and fined $250,000 in the County Court after one of its workers was killed while decommissioning an old cheese factory in Leitchville in the state’s north.
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Queensland man electrocuted in workplace incident near Mackay
The man is understood to have died while digging a trench at a private property.
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Pool and Department of Education charged after drowning
WorkSafe has charged a Port Fairy pool operator and the Department of Education and Training after an eight-year-old boy drowned while on a school excursion.
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Bakery charged with workplace manslaughter
WorkSafe has charged garlic bread manufacturer Centenary Bakehouse with multiple health and safety breaches after a worker fell to their death in August 2021.
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Company fined after manager crushed to death
A Victorian company has been fined $225,000 after a manager was fatally crushed inside a shipping container.
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Gate repair company charged after fatal crush
WorkSafe has charged a gate manufacturing and repair business after the death of another company’s worker in April 2022.
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Worker killed from machinery
A Melbourne rubber product manufacturer has been charged over the death of an employee who was hit in the head by a piece of machinery.
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Fine increased by Court of Appeal
A Victorian mechanics business that serviced a petrol tanker days before it crashed and killed three people in the state’s north east in 2014 has had its fine increased after an appeal.
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