Injured worker at Woolworths Distribution Centre dies
One of three men injured in a serious workplace incident in Western Sydney has died, authorities have confirmed.
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Injury
Safety warning issued over angle grinder incidents
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.
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Melbourne company fined $40,000 after worker trapped under load of steel beams
A Melbourne company has been fined after an employee was injured when they were struck by a 200kg load of steel beams.
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Queanbeyan company fined $300,000 for ‘foreseeable’ work safety breach
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.
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Construction supplies company fined $300k
An Australian construction supplies company has been fined $300,000 over a workplace accident that left an employee with severe head and torso injuries.
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Worker in critical condition after catching fire while re-filling heater at Adelaide pub
A 25yo man was rushed to hospital after being seriously burnt during a workplace incident in Adelaide’s northeast on Friday night.
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Worker pleads late claim due to ‘injury and depression’ – will it be accepted?
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.
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Kitchen Installer Fined $50K Over Worker’s Load Injury
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.
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Goulburn Valley Water fined after worker loses finger
One of Victoria’s major water corporations has been fined after an employee partially lost a finger following a workplace accident.
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Explosion at factory in Shepparton North, Victoria, injures six workers
A man is fighting for life and five other people were injured in a gas explosion at a recycling factory in Victoria.
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AAT decision confirms work from home injury liability
In a recent decision, the Administrative Appeals Tribunal (AAT) awarded compensation to an employee who sustained an injury caused by their employment while working from home.
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Worker injured in hold-up
Police have been told two men went into the store on Minerva Road just after 9pm Saturday.
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Ricardo Fuentes reveals extent of injuries in Craigieburn workplace incident
More than three years after almost dying on a Craigieburn worksite and suffering terrible injuries, a Melbourne tradie still can’t function the way he used to. Read his story.
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Restaurant fined over hot oil burns
The operator of The Cheeky Squire restaurant in Frankston has been convicted and fined $35,000 after two workers were injured in a hot oil spill.
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COVID-19 Study
Safe Work Australia has released a new snapshot examining the effects of Covid-19 on employees returning to work following a work-related injury or illness.
