A pineapple farm where a worker was killed last week had previously been investigated over a farmhand falling off a makeshift roofing platform made from a forklift and a fruit bin.
Yeppoon pineapple farm worker electrocuted Read More »
The five-day office week is well and truly dead as managers deal with a workforce that doesn’t want to go back to the way things were.
Australia’s bosses come to grips with the workplace revolution Read More »
In unfair dismissal matters, reinstatement is the primary remedy and the Fair Work Commission (FWC) may not make an order for compensation unless it is satisfied that reinstatement is inappropriate.
Fair Work Commission orders reinstatement of an employee following incident Read More »
Horsham Back-Hoe Hire was sentenced in the Ballarat Magistrates’ Court on Friday after pleading guilty on 28 May to one charge of failing to maintain a safe workplace.
Demolition company fined $100,000 after fatal wall collapse Read More »
A worker at the D‘orsogna meat factory had the tips of his fingers cut off while trying to unjam a meat slicer. And it’s not the first time the factory owner has been in trouble.
Meat works pleads guilty after worker sliced off fingertips Read More »
A man who became trapped in a shipping container filled with grain at Devonport Wharf on Friday afternoon is doing ‘okay’, says his boss.
Man stuck in shipping container Read More »
A labour hire company has been fined $50,000 following the death of a worker at a timber mill in 2018.
A labour hire company fined over death Read More »
A year-long investigation into Victoria’s deadly hotel quarantine scheme has taken a major step towards potential charges amid calls for justice.
A worker in Melbourne’s CBD has been wheeled from a building on a stretcher with a bloodied face, after a truck’s concrete pump exploded.
Concrete pump explosion in CBD leaves workers injured Read More »
Injured workers in South Australia will be badly affected by proposed changes to the workers’ compensation laws which are being made without proper scrutiny, say lawyers.
Proposed workers comp laws will affect injured workers Read More »
A man has died and two others were rushed to hospital after two trains collided in Central Queensland.
Queensland man killed in train crash near Rockhampton Read More »
A solar panels installer has been fined $300,000 after a harnessed apprentice fell to his death through a warehouse skylight at a job in the Hunter region.
Solar company fined over teen’s fatal fall Read More »
Investigations are underway following the tragic death of 60-year-old Nigel Harris, who was killed on impact when a vehicle veered off the track and into spectators at the Finke Desert Race.
WorkSafe confirm investigations into tragic Finke Desert Race death Read More »
A man has died following a tragic workplace accident at a poultry processing plant in Adelaide’s northern suburbs.
Another death at a poultry processing plant Read More »
Safety investigators are probing whether the driver of a train that derailed in Wallan last year knew there was a track diversion in place at the site of the accident, with an interim report into the horrific crash released on Thursday.
Wallan train derailment probe queries what driver knew Read More »
