Farm death
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.
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Roofing company fined after worker’s death
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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Maintenance worker killed in Werribee South workplace accident
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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Timber firm fined $262k for fatal accident
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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Transport company fined $600k
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.
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One believed dead following incident at Wahring
One person is believed to have died following an incident at Wahring.
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Two directors to face court charged with criminal negligence
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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Company fined $490,000 after milk tanker tragedy
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.
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Man killed in workplace accident at Walkerville
A worker has died in a serious accident at a Metricon building site in Walkerville, reportedly involving an electrical box.
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Victorian farm worker crushed to death
A farm worker has been killed, crushed by a bulk seed bag in Victoria’s west.
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Log truck should not have been loaded, with workplace accident leading to judo champion’s death
A coroner has warned of the dangers of jacking fully-laden trucks after the tragic workplace-related death of a Tasmanian judo champion.
Inquiry into COVID hotel quarantine death
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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Worker killed in Sydney forklift tragedy
A man has died after being crushed by a forklift at an industrial site in western Sydney.
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Truckie killed by falling gate
A 59-year-old truck driver has died after being crushed by a falling gate at a Dandenong South depot.
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Man Dies In Forklift Accident
A 60-year-old Murgon man was killed in a workplace incident at Parkside Timber in Wondai last week.
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