From July 1, Victorian employers that fail to meet health and safety obligations face tough new penalties should their negligence lead to a worker dying on the job.
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There has been considerable publicity in the media recently about respiratory problems caused to people from the cutting of engineered stone kitchen benches.
Perils of the kitchen bench Read More »
A 51-year-old arborist has accidentally amputated his own leg in a horrific workplace accident in NSW’s Hawkesbury region.
Man, 51, amputates own leg in horror workplace accident Read More »
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A fatal accident involving a tyre fitter at the Bengalla coal mine in New South Wales in late 2018 has highlighted the importance of conducting a risk assessment on wash bays.
Cause of a tyre fitter’s death revealed. Read More »
A West Australian coal miner has been fined $210,000 over the death of a worker at a Collie mine site in 2018.
WA court fines Griffin Coal $210,000 Read More »
An X-ray has captured the horrific workplace injury that turned a Brisbane man’s world upside down, leaving him in near constant pain for years.
‘Stabbing pain’: X-ray reveals man’s horror workplace injury Read More »
A Brisbane car wrecking yard has been fined $3m after a worker died in an accident last year.
Car wrecking yard fined $3 million Read More »
Two workers have been taken to hospital with facial burns after a gas bottle caught on fire at the Gold Coast Convention and Exhibition Centre.
Gas bottle explosion leaves two injured Read More »
Health Minister Greg Hunt has warned manufacturers, importers and sellers of protective face masks that anyone found distributing counterfeit or faulty items in breach of national standards will face court action.
Health Minister tells dodgy face mask sellers they ‘will be prosecuted’ Read More »
A building company and its subcontractors have been fined a total of $620,000 after one man was killed and another injured when a brick wall fell on them at a Sydney building site.
Company fined over fatal NSW wall collapse Read More »
A man is dead and an injured woman has been flown to Orange Hospital after a workplace incident on a property in Cathundral, west of Dubbo.
Man dead, woman flown to Orange Hospital after workplace accident Read More »
Otago Rural Management Limited was fined $270,937 at the Queenstown District Court after the worker was injured by a falling gate in June 2017.
NZ company fined $270,000 after workplace injury Read More »
A Bayswater company has been fined after an employee was left with “traumatic” injuries when gas cylinders in his ute blew up.
Bayswater company cops heavy fine Read More »
Almost 20 Victorians are on WorkCover for either contracting coronavirus or suffering mental illness in the pandemic with the number expected to rise due to the Cedar Meats outbreak.
Workers claim WorkCover for COVID-19 Read More »
