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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Cleaning company fined after worker fall
A cleaning company has been fined $30,000 after a worker was seriously injured after falling from a roof in Geelong.
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157 Australian workers killed in 2019
There were 157 Australians who left for work last year and never came home, according to the latest preliminary government data.
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Man killed in accident at central Queensland mine
Emergency services were called to the Curragh coal mine, 30 kilometres north of Blackwater, just before 4:30pm (local time) on Sunday.
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