According to the survey, low pay, a lack of hours and unsafe conditions are causing stress, marriage breakdown, financial hardship, horrific injuries and even near-death incidents for Jetstar workers.
Survey reveals 80% of Jetstar workers have been injured Read More »
A Dandenong South supplements manufacturer has been given a hefty fine of $40,000 after a worker suffered a serious workplace injury when his hand was crushed between two rollers.
Health supplements manufacturer fined Read More »
IGA worker Dawn Ballis was a single mum with an “active lifestyle” before a workplace accident left her with horror injuries.
Worker sues employer for $800k Read More »
Bob Horn, proprietor of Nambour Produce died on site at his store after falling six metres from a shed roof.
Community supports Nambour business after worker’s death Read More »
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.
Serious head injuries suffered in storage centre altercation Read More »
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.
Worker’s leg amputated after accident Read More »
A kitchen manufacturer has been convicted and fined $60,000 after a cabinet maker had three fingers severed while cutting panels.
Company fined $60,000 for amputated fingers Read More »
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.
Michael Hill ordered to pay worker compensation Read More »
An investigation is now underway after a man died following a workplace accident at an abattoir in Cowaramup on Tuesday morning, February 4.
Man dies after workplace incident in Cowaramup Read More »
WorkSafe ACT and police are investigating the death of a 60-year-old man on a construction site in Denman Prospect on Tuesday morning.
Construction site death Read More »
Five workers have been hospitalised after being injured when scaffolding collapsed on a worksite in Melbourne’s north this afternoon.
Five men injured in scaffolding collapse in Melbourne Read More »
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’.
Claim rejected for Teacher injured during an excursion Read More »
A tradesman has died after sustaining fatal injuries in a work place accident involving a scissor lift at a worksite in Melbourne.
Tradesman dies a gruesome death Read More »
A man has died after 3.6 tonnes of panels fell onto the shipping container he was in.
Man crushed to death in shipping container Read More »
A Tasman woman who was almost killed when a giant tree stump dropped onto her ute is stunned that WorkSafe is refusing to investigate.
WorkSafe won’t investigate accident Read More »
