SafeWork SA investigating after man crushed by machinery in workplace incident at Waterloo Corner
A man has died at a business north of Adelaide this morning, police say.
Machinery
Icon Plastics fined, convicted after Seaford worker hurt
A Seaford factory worker’s hand was crushed when he reached for a pen he dropped into a piece of heavy machinery, a court has heard.
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Gympie’s Wood Industries Pty Ltd hit with $35k workplace safety fine
A Gympie workplace health and safety accident that left a senior employee with two fractured legs has left a timber business with a big bill to pay
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Man seriously injured in Coomera workplace accident
A man has been rushed to hospital following a workplace accident on the northern Gold Coast this afternoon.
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Man crushed to death at metal fabricator in Melbourne
A man has been crushed to death while operating machinery in a horror accident at a metal fabricator in Melbourne.
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Man suffers heavy blood loss after chainsaw accident at work
A construction worker has suffered ‘heavy blood loss’ when his chainsaw kicked back and hit him in his neck in a horror workplace accident.
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Man killed by own truck
A 61-year-old man has died in a workplace accident in the Riverland after being struck by his own truck at a winery at Loxton this morning.
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Lencia Juice company fined
A fruit juice manufacturer has been fined $30,000 over an incident at its Mildura bottling plant in which one of its workers had the skin ripped off part of his hand.
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Man maimed by bread slicer
A family run bakery is facing a possible $396k fine after an employee was maimed in a workplace accident. But the victim told a court it was his manager’s unsympathetic words after the incident that cut deep.
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Robot goes haywire and kills woman
A manufacturing company has been fined $1.5million dollars after one of its robots crushed a worker to death and killed her. Ajin USA admitted violating the Occupational Health and Safety (OSH) Act at a court hearing Monday, and was hit with the charge over the death of 20 year-old Regina Elsea.
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Cane farmer critical after freak accident
A well-known Hinchinbrook cane farmer who suffered critical head injuries in what has been described as a “freak” workplace accident is in a critical condition.
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Lilydale man dead after tip truck crushes him
A 34yo Yarra Ranges family has been left devastated after a man was crushed to death while repairing a truck.
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Man, 51, amputates own leg in horror workplace accident
A 51-year-old arborist has accidentally amputated his own leg in a horrific workplace accident in NSW’s Hawkesbury region.
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‘Stabbing pain’: X-ray reveals man’s horror workplace injury
An X-ray has captured the horrific workplace injury that turned a Brisbane man’s world upside down, leaving him in near constant pain for years.
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Meat production company prosecuted
Zammit Ham & Bacon Curers Pty Ltd was convicted and fined $75,000 after pleading guilty to a breach of the Work Health and Safety Act 2011, after an incident resulting in the serious injury of an employee at its Pendle Hill worksite in September 2017.
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