The director of a company in liquidation in Auckland has been ordered to pay $100,000 for reparations following the death of a subcontractor. According to WorkSafe NZ, the subcontractor fell from the roof of a house to a concrete patio while spray painting.
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WorkSafe announced it filed charges against the body corporate of St. Basil’s Age Care, over alleged breaches to the Occupational Health and Safety Act, following the deadly Covid outbreak at its Fawkner residential aged care facility in 2020. The charges are set to be heard in Melbourne Magistrates’ Court next Monday on August 1.
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A maintenance worker has died in hospital after falling through the roof of a shed at a plant nursey in Monbulk.
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Worksafe is investigating a fatality in which a farm worker died after being crushed between a tip truck and a front end loader on a property at Cowwarr last week.
Just 17 days after a labourer was electrocuted and another seriously burned, four other roof workers fell four metres onto concrete ground at a nearby Sydney site.
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A 29-year-old man has died after he was crushed by a truck in a horrific workplace accident in Melbourne’s west.
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A timber firm has been fined over $262,000 after the death of a worker in an accident at its sawmill in the NSW central west.
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A Melbourne manufacturer has been slugged with a $600,000 fine over the death of a young apprentice, who suffocated in a tanker just 10 days after starting a work placement.
Transport company fined $600k Read More »
One person is believed to have died following an incident at Wahring.
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Two directors of the company responsible for the care of Annie Smith have been charged with criminal neglect over her death in squalor – and been released on $20,000 bail agreements.
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The company was fined $300,000 for failing to provide a safe system of work and $150,000 for failing to provide information, instruction or training.
Company fined $490,000 after milk tanker tragedy Read More »
A worker has died in a serious accident at a Metricon building site in Walkerville, reportedly involving an electrical box.
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A farm worker has been killed, crushed by a bulk seed bag in Victoria’s west.
Victorian farm worker crushed to death Read More »
A coroner has warned of the dangers of jacking fully-laden trucks after the tragic workplace-related death of a Tasmanian judo champion.
A Victorian coroner investigating a man’s death in hotel quarantine says the lack of planning for such a high-risk program was most unsatisfactory.
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