Workplace Health and Safety Queensland (WHS Queensland) is investigating an incident from August 2019 where a young worker suffered serious hand injuries at a meat processing plant in Brisbane. It is believed the worker’s hand was severed while he was operating a guillotine-style slicing machine used to cut frozen meat.
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When the castaways of Survivor were made to eat cow brains, they probably didn’t consider that to be part of their “job”.
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A man has died in a workplace accident in Botany today.
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A 66-year-old mechanic has died in Darwin after the car he was working on came off its hoist.
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Most of us would like to think no-one was harmed in the brewing of our favourite beer. That’s something to which Stone & Wood Brewing Co can attest, thanks to its emphasis on workplace safety at its northern NSW facilities.
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Investigators have found as much as 10 million litres of dangerous chemicals still sitting in a burned out Melbourne warehouse more than a year after the fir
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A recent study showing workers injured early in their employment are more likely to file future workers compensation claims than other workers has experts weighing the root cause of repeat claims.
Workplace injuries fraud? Read More »
The operator of a tyre recycling facility has been convicted and fined $80,000 after a young father was left with life-changing injuries.
Company fined $80,000 Read More »
The Northern Territory’s largest bus operator is facing a litany of charges over the death of a bus driver who died after falling into the path of her own tour bus.
Company faces multiple charges following death Read More »
Katelyn Rewko was 21 years old and working in her dream job when she was burnt in a horrific workplace accident that ended her career.
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A teenager has been taken to hospital with serious injuries after a workplace accident in Sydney’s south-west.
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Last week’s incidents prompted industry bodies to call for greater reform, including the national implementation of industrial manslaughter laws.
Fifth person injured following a string of incidents Read More »
A man has died and another is in a critical condition in one of three workplace accidents in just three hours in Sydney this morning.
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A Burdekin sugar cane farmer has been fined $35,000 after one of his workers suffered serious burns in a cane fire. The worker required multiple skin grafts following the incident on a Jarvisfield farm on August 19, 2017.
