Company fined after warehouse worker struck by reversing forklift
An investigation found the person driving the vehicle was not licensed to do so.
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Injury
Worker seriously injured following incident at Chadstone shopping centre
A worker has sustained serious injuries following a horror industrial incident at a major shopping complex.
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Sole trader fined $47,250 over worker fall
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.
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Employer ordered to pay $44,000 in damages to injured worker
The importance of employers having correct frameworks in place to manage ill and injured workers was highlighted in a recent case.
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Glass factory worker hospitalised after alleged stabbing by coworker
An employee at a Sydney glass manufacturer has allegedly been stabbed at his workplace by one of his coworkers.
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Business owner charged with serious offences
NT Worksafe has charged an Alice Springs arborist over an incident with a woodchipper last year that left a worker seriously injured.
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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
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Juice company Nippy’s fined, criminally convicted over scalping of 18-year-old worker
A juice company has been fined $120,000 after an employee was scalped in a workplace incident described as “traumatic”.
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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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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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