Man falls from School roof
A man has suffered critical injuries after falling 3m off a roof at Wahroonga Public School on Sydney’s north shore. Emergency services have described it as a “workplace accident”.
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Worker killed in freak accident
A 35-year-old man has been crushed to death by a metal beam in a horrific workplace accident in Smithfield, in western Sydney.
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New era for workplace health and safety
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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Perils of the kitchen bench
There has been considerable publicity in the media recently about respiratory problems caused to people from the cutting of engineered stone kitchen benches.
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Man, 51, amputates own leg in horror workplace accident
A 51-year-old arborist has accidentally amputated his own leg in a horrific workplace accident in NSW’s Hawkesbury region.
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Do you engage contract drivers?
Follow this case to determine if you are putting your business at risk.
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Cause of a tyre fitter’s death revealed.
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.
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WA court fines Griffin Coal $210,000
A West Australian coal miner has been fined $210,000 over the death of a worker at a Collie mine site in 2018.
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‘Stabbing pain’: X-ray reveals man’s horror workplace injury
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.
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Car wrecking yard fined $3 million
A Brisbane car wrecking yard has been fined $3m after a worker died in an accident last year.
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Gas bottle explosion leaves two injured
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.
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Health Minister tells dodgy face mask sellers they ‘will be prosecuted’
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.
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Company fined over fatal NSW wall collapse
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.
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Man dead, woman flown to Orange Hospital after workplace accident
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.
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