Company fined over garbage chute fall
A Queensland construction company and its director have been fined after a worker injured his back falling through a garbage chute opening on a building site.
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Worker who falls through roof at night after drinking is not negligent
In Walker v Greenmountain Food Processing Pty Ltd [2020] QSC 329, the Supreme Court of Queensland found in favour of an injured worker who climbed onto a roof to inspect a boiler failure, at nightfall after drinking alcohol. He was awarded over $960,000 and his damages were not reduced for contributory negligence.
Man falls 10 metres from roof
A man has survived falling as high as 10 metres from aluminium roofing at a worksite in south-west Sydney.
Emergency services were called to the construction site on Helles Avenue in Moorebank just after 8am today.
Woman critical after falling from The Hangover ride
A 25-year-old woman who fell from a carnival ride in Far North Queensland late on Saturday is in a critical but stable condition in hospital.
Roof collapse leaves worker dead and two others injured
A 23-year-old apprentice worker has died and two others have been injured after a glass roof collapsed at a construction site at Curtin University in Western Australia.
Tyre company and director fined $70,000 over unsafe workplace
A tyre company and one of its directors have been fined a total of $70,000 (and ordered to pay $1,071 in costs) for failing to provide a safe work environment at their Malaga tyre outlet.
Builder in court over garbage chute fall
A Queensland construction company and its director are facing court after a worker injured his back falling through a garbage chute opening on a building site.
Company fined for carpenter’s death
A construction company has been issued five “fall from height” improvement notices since a carpenter fell more than three metres and died on its watch.
WA gold miner seriously injured in underground accident
An underground miner has been seriously injured in an accident at a gold mine in Western Australia.
Man falls from School roof
A man has suffered critical injuries after falling 3m off a roof at Wahroonga Public School on Sydney’s north shore. Emergency services have described it as a “workplace accident”.
Solar company fined over Vic man’s death
A solar company has been ordered to fork over more than $14,000 for shoddy safety measures after a worker fell to his death in Melbourne.
Construction company fined $450K
A construction company has been convicted and fined $450,000 after a worker tragically plunged three metres and was impaled in a steel bar at a worksite in Sydney’s north.
Solar company charged over fatal fall
Solar 2.0 Pty Ltd has been charged with two breaches of section 21(1) of the Occupational Health and Safety Act for failing to maintain a working environment that was safe and without risks to health.
Another WA workplace death
One man is dead and another seriously injured after falling several metres in workplace accident in WA’s south-east.
Man, 67, crushed by crate of glass
A man is in a serious condition after being crushed by a 300kg crate of glass in Sydney’s southwest.
