The poets and philosophers are right: life is fragile, so take care of yourself. This particularly applies to pilots who hold the lives of others literally in their hands.
Without warning – pilot incapacitation Read More »
A laundry within an aged care facility uses an ozone generator to clean clothes and sheets in cold water, killing bacteria and viruses.
Victorian employers faced serious legal and financial consequences for putting workers at risk last year, with WorkSafe completing 119 successful health and safety prosecutions and enforceable undertakings.
Employers cop $13.3 million for safety breaches in 2024 Read More »
A prominent horseracing identity’s company has been charged with workplace health and safety breaches over a car crash that seriously injured five people and killed four horses.
Horse trainer’s company charged over deadly crash Read More »
The workers’ compensation industry is often seen through a lens of financial transactions, regulatory compliance, and cost containment.
Empathy in Action: Returning Workers to Health and Meaningful Work Read More »
The County Court of Victoria recently dealt with a case where a worker sought compensation under the Transport Accident Act 1986. She argued that injuries from a bus incident impacted her ability to work and her future employment prospects.
Worker’s injury while commuting fails compensation test Read More »
In the retail and wholesale industry, employees in their first year on the job account for more than a third of all work-related injuries, a recent analysis shows.
Which retail and wholesale workers are most at risk of injury? Read More »
WorkSafe has charged a Gippsland irrigation company after a worker was seriously injured when he was struck by a telehandler at a Yarram dairy farm.
Charges after telehandler incident causes brain injury Read More »
Manufacturing company Cryoquip was recently sentenced after pleading guilty to two charges of failing to provide a safe workplace in the Dandenong Magistrates Court.
Worker’s ‘gruesome’ hand injury results in $50k fine for company Read More »
With most organisations right in the middle of their Christmas get-togethers, many may realise that injuries at end-of-year parties do happen – but whose fault is it?
An industrial plastics manufacturer has been fined $40,000 after a worker suffered life-threatening crush injuries when his head was caught in machinery.
Manufacturer fined after worker’s head crushed Read More »
Codi Walmsley, 15, has extensive bandaging over his body now to protect his burns.
Work experience ‘freak accident’ leaves Aussie teen with horrific burns Read More »
Two Adelaide companies have been fined a total of $108,000 after a labour hire worker was seriously injured when he fell 4.6m through a skylight.
Two companies convicted after labourer falls 4.6m, seriously injured Read More »
K19 Mining Pty Ltd has been fined $350,000 plus costs of $4,568.70 after a worker suffered nerve damage and hearing loss when knocked unconscious by a road-train tyre that exploded while being reinflated.
Employer fined after worker seriously injured by exploding tyre Read More »
A man in his 70s was left fighting for his life after a mower rolled over at Windaroo Lakes Golf Course on 6 November.
Golf club worker critically injured after mower rollover Read More »
