Harvesting Company Fined $150,000
A harvesting company has been fined $150,000 over an incident in which a worker’s leg was amputated after it was caught in a skidder.
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Angry residents cause spike in City workplace incidents
Reportable workplace incidents have nearly trebled at the City of Greater Geraldton in the past year, following a spate of angry residents confronting City staff.
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FWC Full Bench rules against BHP COVID-19 vaccine direction
A Fair Work Commission (FWC) Full Bench has ruled against a coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccine direction at BHP’s Mt Arthur open cut coalmine, which is approximately five kilometres south of Muswellbrook in the Hunter Valley in New South Wales, because the company failed to “reasonably consult” with their employees. On 7 October 2021, the Mt Arthur
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Meat company fined over crushed worker
Patrick Smith was an experienced stockman who believed in silver linings.
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Group to mount legal challenge to force prosecution of Premier over hotel quarantine disaster
A group of business owners will launch a legal challenge against WorkSafe Victoria in bid to force the prosecution of Premier Daniel Andrews, Chief Health Officer Brett Sutton, ministers and senior bureaucrats over the state’s bungled hotel quarantine program.
A German man slipped and broke his back walking from his bed to his home office.
A German court ruled on Wednesday that a man who slipped on his walk from his bed to his home office in 2018 qualified as a workplace accident.
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Derrimut company fined
A Derrimut industrial equipment supplier has been fined $41,500 after two workers narrowly avoided serious injury when the fuel tank they were working in caught fire in 2019.
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Man killed in workplace accident in Gungahlin after being pinned underneath truck trailer
Man killed in workplace accident in Gungahlin after being pinned underneath truck trailer
Tradie dies after being crushed by garbage truck
A man has died after being crushed by a garbage truck during a workplace incident in Queensland.
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Apprentice sues employer after savage workplace prank
A young apprentice who was slapped while being hung upside down by his colleagues at a Christmas party is taking the company to court.
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Worker dies after lightning strike
A seasonal farmworker has died just days after being struck by lightning on a Northern Territory farm.
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Hungry Jacks worker receives electric shock
A young Hungry Jacks worker has been taken to hospital after receiving an electric shock while on the job.
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Man suffers chemical burns in Arundel workplace accident
A man has been rushed to hospital after suffering chemical burns in a nasty workplace accident on the Gold Coast on Thursday afternoon.
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Man dies in quad bike accident
A man has died in an all-terrain-vehicle accident northwest of Geelong. WorkSafe is investigating the tragedy.
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Man suffers serious burns, houses shake after explosion at Queensland chemical plant
A man has been taken to hospital with serious injuries after an explosion at a chemical plant in Queensland’s Bundaberg region.
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