Truck driver found dead in Shepparton warehouse coolroom
WorkSafe is investigating the death of a truck driver whose body was found in a coolroom in regional Victoria
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‘Catastrophic governance failure’: Victorian council sacked following employee murder
ormer council worker Andrew Robert Paterson is serving a minimum 21-year sentence over the murder of council operations manager Rick Devlin.
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Queensland man dies after being crushed by fibreglass pool at work
A man in his 50s has died after being crushed by a fibreglass pool at work.
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Roofing company fined after two serious incidents just weeks apart
A roofing company has been convicted and fined almost half a million dollars in total after a man died and several others were injured in two separate workplace incidents in Sydney three years ago.
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Tour company fined after Japanese schoolboys drown on Qld island
When Hiroshi Mizuno last saw his son, the teenager’s eyes were filled with hope as he waved cheerfully before boarding a plane to Australia.
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SA company fined after worker’s deadly fall
An Adelaide asbestos removal company has been fined $150,000 after a worker fell to his death.
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EnergyAustralia fined $1.5 million after Yallourn power plant worker’s death
EnergyAustralia has been fined $1.5 million after a veteran Yallourn power station employee suffered fatal burns in an electrical explosion.
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Companies charged with workplace manslaughter
WorkSafe has charged two companies with multiple health and safety breaches following the death of an apprentice at West Melbourne.
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More than 120 employers fined for safety breaches in 2022
Fourteen of those companies were hit with six-figure penalties for breaching the Occupational Health and Safety Act, with the total of all fines imposed by the courts $5,588,750.
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Outback Opal Hunters star, dies in workplace accident
The star’s daughter wrote online that it ‘has been the most challenging time for me and our whole family’.
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Man failed to use safety cage when killed by exploding tyre
A coroner has found a tyre inflation accident that killed a man two years ago blasted fragments of his clothing from his body — some of which were later found in the ceiling insulation.
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Family mourns their loss just days before Christmas
A boilermaker has been remembered as a “gentle and loving” person, after he was killed at work near Ararat.
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Company fined $3 million for failing to properly assess competence of driver
The Supreme Court of South Australia has recently upheld a decision of a lower court in deciding that waste management company, Cleanaway, failed to take reasonably practicable measures to materially reduce the risk of an accident on the South Eastern Freeway in Adelaide back in 2014 which killed two people and seriously injured two others.
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Stone importer fined $475,000 after worker’s death
A stone importer has been convicted and fined $475,000 after a worker was fatally crushed at a Dingley Village warehouse in April 2020.
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Rye carnival ride operator ‘incompetent’
A carnival ride operator was allegedly distracted and holding out a soft toy for patrons to grab onto as six-year-old Eugene Mahauariki slipped out of his seat and fell, a Victorian inquest has heard.
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