Vic company fined $35k over driver death
A freight company has been fined $35,000 following the death of a garbage truck driver in Melbourne’s north.
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Delivery worker’s leg severed
The 32-year-old delivery truck worker has lost his leg and is now fighting for life in a terrifying ordeal on Thursday. The delivery driver was unpacking the truck when a Toyota Tarago crashed into the back of it crushing him against the truck.
Worker’s death sparks safety debate around employer-owned vehicles
For the past two months, WorkSafe has reported four fatalities who died in separate incidents while working around employer-owned vehicles, particularly company trucks.
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.
Supreme Court favours employee in million-dollar lawsuit over ‘work-induced fatigue’
A recent New South Wales (NSW) Supreme Court decision dealt with the issue of an employee who claimed damages after suffering severe injuries while traveling home from his workplace.
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.
Worker killed in Sydney forklift tragedy
A man has died after being crushed by a forklift at an industrial site in western Sydney.
‘Deadly pressure’: Union pushes for inquest into delivery driver deaths
A union is pushing for a spate of delivery driver deaths to be probed by the state coroner, saying “deadly pressure” was being placed on workers.
Mechanics fined $210k over triple-fatality
A Victorian mechanics business has been convicted and fined $210,000 after a petrol tanker detached from a truck and killed three people including a four-year-old.
Road worker injured
A road worker was injured when an out-of-control car ploughed through scaffolding on Flagstaff Rd, Flagstaff Hill, about 7.30am. Two others were rushed to hospital with injuries.
Traffic controller’s foot runover at Melbourne COVID-19 testing centre
A worker at a COVID-19 testing site in Melbourne’s west has been injured after a man allegedly drove over her foot.
Man dies in quad bike accident
A man has died in an all-terrain-vehicle accident northwest of Geelong. WorkSafe is investigating the tragedy.
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.
Delivery rider injury figures just more smoke and mirrors
The Transport Workers’ Union has blasted new figures which claim delivery rider injuries have decreased as just more smoke and mirrors, showing the NSW Government is running a public-relations protection racket for the gig companies to avoid regulating the industry.
Company fined $120,000 after truck runs over worker
Dandy Premix Concrete Pty Ltd was sentenced in the Dandenong Magistrates’ Court last Monday after being found guilty on 15 April of failing to provide a safe workplace by failing to take reasonably practicable steps to eliminate the risk of powered mobile machines colliding with pedestrians.
