A sole trader in the Great Southern has been fined $47,250 (and ordered to pay $4241 in costs) over a fall suffered by a worker that caused serious injuries.
Sole trader fined $47,250 over worker fall Read More »
The importance of employers having correct frameworks in place to manage ill and injured workers was highlighted in a recent case.
Employer ordered to pay $44,000 in damages to injured worker Read More »
An employee at a Sydney glass manufacturer has allegedly been stabbed at his workplace by one of his coworkers.
Glass factory worker hospitalised after alleged stabbing by coworker Read More »
NT Worksafe has charged an Alice Springs arborist over an incident with a woodchipper last year that left a worker seriously injured.
Business owner charged with serious offences Read More »
Victorian manufacturer MPI Global Pty Ltd fined $40,000 after worker loses fingers
Victorian manufacturer MPI Global Pty Ltd fined $40,000 after worker loses fingers Read More »
A juice company has been fined $120,000 after an employee was scalped in a workplace incident described as “traumatic”.
Juice company Nippy’s fined, criminally convicted over scalping of 18-year-old worker Read More »
One of three men injured in a serious workplace incident in Western Sydney has died, authorities have confirmed.
Injured worker at Woolworths Distribution Centre dies Read More »
NT WorkSafe has issued a safety alert after four workers were injured in four separate angle grinder incidents within a five-week period. In the first incident, a young apprentice boilermaker was using an angle grinder to cut plates off a bumper bar when the grinder kicked back into his hand and the cutting disc broke.
Safety warning issued over angle grinder incidents Read More »
A Melbourne company has been fined after an employee was injured when they were struck by a 200kg load of steel beams.
Melbourne company fined $40,000 after worker trapped under load of steel beams Read More »
A Queanbeyan company has been fined $300,000 after one of its workers was seriously injured when crushed by the load of a delivery truck in what the court found was a foreseeable accident.
Queanbeyan company fined $300,000 for ‘foreseeable’ work safety breach Read More »
An Australian construction supplies company has been fined $300,000 over a workplace accident that left an employee with severe head and torso injuries.
Construction supplies company fined $300k Read More »
A 25yo man was rushed to hospital after being seriously burnt during a workplace incident in Adelaide’s northeast on Friday night.
Worker in critical condition after catching fire while re-filling heater at Adelaide pub Read More »
The Fair Work Commission recently dealt with a case involving a worker who lodged an unfair dismissal case 82 days beyond the 21-day statutory limit.
Worker pleads late claim due to ‘injury and depression’ – will it be accepted? Read More »
Trendgosa Pty Ltd, was sentenced in the Heidelberg Magistrates’ Court last Wednesday after pleading guilty to a charge of failing to provide or maintain systems of work that were, so far as reasonably practicable, safe and without risks to health.
Kitchen Installer Fined $50K Over Worker’s Load Injury Read More »
One of Victoria’s major water corporations has been fined after an employee partially lost a finger following a workplace accident.
Goulburn Valley Water fined after worker loses finger Read More »
