WorkSafe investigates death of shearer
WA Department of Mines, Industry Regulation and Safety
WorkSafe is investigating the work-related death of a shearer at Katrine, between Northam and Toodyay.
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Meat company fined over crushed worker
Patrick Smith was an experienced stockman who believed in silver linings.
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Group to mount legal challenge to force prosecution of Premier over hotel quarantine disaster
A group of business owners will launch a legal challenge against WorkSafe Victoria in bid to force the prosecution of Premier Daniel Andrews, Chief Health Officer Brett Sutton, ministers and senior bureaucrats over the state’s bungled hotel quarantine program.
Man killed in workplace accident in Gungahlin after being pinned underneath truck trailer
Man killed in workplace accident in Gungahlin after being pinned underneath truck trailer
Tradie dies after being crushed by garbage truck
A man has died after being crushed by a garbage truck during a workplace incident in Queensland.
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Man dies in quad bike accident
A man has died in an all-terrain-vehicle accident northwest of Geelong. WorkSafe is investigating the tragedy.
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Construction company fined $150,000 over death at University of Canberra Hospital worksite
Construction company Multiplex has been fined $150,000 over the death of a construction worker on one of its building sites five years ago.
Construction company fined over work safety breach that led to death
Civil construction company Pipecon has been convicted and fined $550,000 for a workplace safety breach that killed two workers on a housing development in Ballarat.
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Road worker dead and one injured in hit-and-run crash
A major police search is underway for the driver of a hit and run who killed one road worker and left another with life-threatening injuries before fleeing on foot.
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Man dies at Taco Bill restaurant
A tradie who died while working on renovations at a popular Taco Bill restaurant in Melbourne’s southeast is being remembered as a man “full of life and love”.
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WorkSafe charges laid against Victorian court over workplace culture
WorkSafe has laid charges relating to the workplace culture at the Coroners Court of Victoria before the 2018 suicide of a senior lawyer.
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WorkSafe charges Victorian health department over COVID hotel quarantine program
The health and safety watchdog has charged Victoria’s health department with 58 breaches of the Occupational Health and Safety Act in relation to the state’s hotel quarantine program.
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Business convicted, fined over breach that led to a worker’s death
A Victorian metal treatment company has been fined $300,000 over the death of an employee who was crushed by a machine on a Victorian worksite.
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Man’s death expected to supercharge protest fury
A man has taken his own life at a West Melbourne building site, hours after a construction shutdown was announced.
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Worker killed in coal mine shaft collapse
A 60-year-old worker has died and another has been seriously injured after a coal mine shaft collapsed in central Queensland.
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