WA’s worst workplace hazards revealed
New statistics have shown Western Australian workers have a much lower chance of being fatally injured at work in 2024 than they did 34 years ago.
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Dismissals for out of hours conduct. Can employers discipline employees for their behaviour outside of work?
MISCONDUCT OUT OF HOURS
In this age of social media and global interconnectivity, employees are taking their work with them everywhere they go. No longer are they confined to the usual parameters of working 9 to 5 at an office or on site, as our professional and personal lives are more intertwined than ever before.
Business successfully sued by worker after fall
A former employee at national meatworks company Teys Australia has been unsuccessful in a $120,000 negligence claim sparked after he slipped and suffered serious injuries, allegedly due to unsafe work conditions.
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Worker convicted over $75,000 fake documents swindle
A machinery operator who falsified documents to continue claiming workers compensation has been convicted, placed on a Community Corrections Order and ordered to repay $75,014.
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Scott’s Logistics Slapped with $800K Fine After Fatal Accident
Scott’s Refrigerated Logistics Pty Ltd (SRL) was convicted and fined $800,000 following an incident on 6 July 2021.
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Injured breaking up a dog fight while working from home, found causal to employment
A worker was injured while working from home and attempting to break up a dog fight taking place outside her front door.
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Employer or contractor: Court determines liability in workplace accident
The District Court of New South Wales recently dealt with a case involving a worker who suffered serious injuries after being struck by a crane load at a construction site.
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Heavy fine for a poor psychosocial workplace
A $380,000 fine for Court Services Victoria demonstrates the consequences for employers who do not take steps to ensure their workplaces are conducive to the mental health of employees.
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Packaging company fined after worker sustains crush injuries in workplace incident
Visy Board Pty Limited (Visy) has been fined $375,000 in the NSW District Court after an employee sustained crush injuries to his left ankle following a workplace incident where the ruling found the risk of injury was “patently obvious”.
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Director charged after driving ute with teen in toolbox
WorkSafe has charged a company director for driving a ute in Victoria’s high country with a teenage apprentice in a toolbox
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Company fronts court after worker suffers fatal injuries
A worker fractured his skull, lost about two litres of blood, went into cardiac arrest and died during a horrific workplace accident in Dandenong South.
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$40,000 fine after worker’s arm caught in shredder
A scrap metal recycler in Tottenham has been fined $40,000 after a contractor’s arm was caught in a machine which had the guarding removed.
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Company Fined $40,000 After Worker Trapped Under Gate
Build Tech Hoardings Pty Ltd was sentenced in the Moorabbin Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday 3 April after pleading guilty to a single charge of failing to ensure persons other than employees were not exposed to health and safety risks.
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Company fined $150k for Crestmead exploding tyre accident
A construction company has been fined $150,000 after a tyre exploded on site in Logan, badly injuring a worker.
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‘No evidence’ worker killed in horror crush accident given safety training
A Youngtown man killed in a horrific waste compactor accident nearly a decade ago was not given safety guidelines or instructions on critical safety aspects of his job, a coroner has found.
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