Community supports Nambour business after worker’s death
Bob Horn, proprietor of Nambour Produce died on site at his store after falling six metres from a shed roof.
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Serious head injuries suffered in storage centre altercation
Three men have been charged over an attack that left a man with serious head injuries at a storage centre in Adelaide’s western suburbs this morning.
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Worker’s leg amputated after accident
A 22-year-old construction worker’s leg has been partly amputated following crush injuries involving large demolition machinery at Lot Fourteen, the former Royal Adelaide Hospital site.
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Company fined $60,000 for amputated fingers
A kitchen manufacturer has been convicted and fined $60,000 after a cabinet maker had three fingers severed while cutting panels.
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Michael Hill ordered to pay worker compensation
Queensland woman Nicole Funnell used to love heading into work each day – until a brutal attempted robbery during a shift ended her career and left her with lasting trauma.
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Man dies after workplace incident in Cowaramup
An investigation is now underway after a man died following a workplace accident at an abattoir in Cowaramup on Tuesday morning, February 4.
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Construction site death
WorkSafe ACT and police are investigating the death of a 60-year-old man on a construction site in Denman Prospect on Tuesday morning.
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Five men injured in scaffolding collapse in Melbourne
Five workers have been hospitalised after being injured when scaffolding collapsed on a worksite in Melbourne’s north this afternoon.
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Claim rejected for Teacher injured during an excursion
A Brisbane Catholic Education teacher injured while on a school trip to Vanuatu has had her appeal dismissed by the Industrial Court of Queensland. The Court found that her shoulder injury did not ‘arise out of, or in the course of, her employment’.
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Tradesman dies a gruesome death
A tradesman has died after sustaining fatal injuries in a work place accident involving a scissor lift at a worksite in Melbourne.
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Man crushed to death in shipping container
A man has died after 3.6 tonnes of panels fell onto the shipping container he was in.
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WorkSafe won’t investigate accident
A Tasman woman who was almost killed when a giant tree stump dropped onto her ute is stunned that WorkSafe is refusing to investigate.
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Man critically injured at Reece Plumbing
A man has been critically injured after being crushed between a vehicle and a wall in Smithfield, Cairns.
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Qantas worker injured at Perth Airport
A Qantas employee has been taken to hospital after suffering a head injury at Perth Airport.
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Lawyers push for coronial inquest to probe who prosecutes mining fatalities
Less than a week after another mining death in Queensland, questions are being raised about how fatal incidents should be prosecuted.
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