The South Australian Employment Tribunal has handed down another favourable decision for employers relating to Section 18 of the Return to Work Act 2014 (SA) – the section that allows injured workers to apply to the Tribunal for an order requiring the pre-injury employer to provide “suitable employment”.
Resources Safety and Health Queensland (RSHQ) has recommended senior site executives ensure all operators are trained and competent in the operation of vehicles after a coal mine worker was injured by a moving vehicle.
RSHQ urges caution after coal mine worker injured Read More »
A Queensland refinery worker is in hospital after falling from a significant height before coming into contact with dangerous caustic chemicals.
Refinery worker seriously injured Read More »
A worker at the D‘orsogna meat factory had the tips of his fingers cut off while trying to unjam a meat slicer. And it’s not the first time the factory owner has been in trouble.
Meat works pleads guilty after worker sliced off fingertips Read More »
A man who became trapped in a shipping container filled with grain at Devonport Wharf on Friday afternoon is doing ‘okay’, says his boss.
Man stuck in shipping container Read More »
A worker in Melbourne’s CBD has been wheeled from a building on a stretcher with a bloodied face, after a truck’s concrete pump exploded.
Concrete pump explosion in CBD leaves workers injured Read More »
A man has died and two others were rushed to hospital after two trains collided in Central Queensland.
Queensland man killed in train crash near Rockhampton Read More »
The CareFlight rescue helicopter was called to an accident at Balgowlah Heights.
Demolition Saw Injures Worker Read More »
A worker is in a serious condition after he was struck by sheets of reinforcing metal at the bottom of a 5m deep excavation.
Worker injured after he was stuck by metal while down a 5m hole Read More »
Authorities are investigating a gas leak at a salmon processing plant in southern Tasmania that resulted in 20 people being taken to hospital.
Workplace gas leak Read More »
A young man has been rushed to Royal Perth Hospital after a suspected workplace accident at the soon to be revamped Karrinyup Shopping Centre.
Worker in fall in stable condition Read More »
A man has been taken to hospital after his leg was trapped in rock crushing machinery in Sydney’s west.
Man injured after becoming trapped in rock crushing machinery Read More »
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.
Company fined $120,000 after truck runs over worker Read More »
A company has been fined $150,000 after one of its apprentice workers suffered serious injury from an arc flash explosion at a Sydney KFC in 2017.
Ultra Refrigeration fined after apprentice injured Read More »
A structural engineering company has been fined $225,000 after three workers were injured when a tower crane collapsed onto an apartment block in Wolli Creek.
Engineering company fined after crane collapes onto building Read More »
