A Carrum Downs truck body manufacturer has been convicted and fined $225,000 after a manager was crushed and killed inside a shipping container.Prestige Truck Bodies (Aust) Pty Ltd was sentenced in the Melbourne County Court today after pleading guilty to a single charge of failing to provide or maintain safe systems of work, so far […]
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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.
Ricardo Fuentes reveals extent of injuries in Craigieburn workplace incident Read More »
WorkSafe has charged a gate manufacturing and repair business after the death of another company’s worker in April 2022.
Gate repair company charged after fatal crush Read More »
WorkSafe has charged a former director of a glass supplier and installer after two workers were allegedly bullied.
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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.
Restaurant fined over hot oil burns Read More »
A truck driver who twice called an ambulance as he drove home from a V8 Supercars event has been convicted for falsely claiming his back injury happened the next day at work.
Fraudster to repay $144,000 after false work injury claim Read More »
A Melbourne rubber product manufacturer has been charged over the death of an employee who was hit in the head by a piece of machinery.
Worker killed from machinery Read More »
A Victorian mechanics business that serviced a petrol tanker days before it crashed and killed three people in the state’s north east in 2014 has had its fine increased after an appeal.
Fine increased by Court of Appeal Read More »
A district court of Queensland recently dealt with a negligence claim of a worker who said he suffered an injury because the employer did not properly instruct him about the dangers of his job.
How can employees prove employer negligence with workplace injuries? Read More »
When faced with a common law claim as an employer, you may feel worried or overwhelmed about what’s to come or sharing details about a worker’s injury.
Employer obligations in common law claims Read More »
A Richmond food manufacturer has seen its fines for failing to keep its workers safe triple to $105,000 after the initial sentence was appealed in the County Court.
Fines against recalcitrant dim sim maker tripled on appeal Read More »
A beloved maintenance worker at a school in Melbourne’s southeast has been remembered as “kind” and “compassionate” after he died following a workplace accident at the school.
School maintenance worker killed Read More »
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.
The largest ever penalty for a workplace death in the Northern Territory has been handed to a Darwin equipment hire company and its managing director over the death of a worker in 2019.
The Victorian Government is looking at limiting mental health claims to just PTSD cases after $1.1bn shortfall
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