Dangerous chemicals found
Investigators have found as much as 10 million litres of dangerous chemicals still sitting in a burned out Melbourne warehouse more than a year after the fir
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Workplace injuries fraud?
A recent study showing workers injured early in their employment are more likely to file future workers compensation claims than other workers has experts weighing the root cause of repeat claims.
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‘Concrete bullets’: Workers injured after Southbank worksite explosion
Construction workers were injured and “concrete bullets” fired into a car during an industrial explosion at a CBD worksite on Saturday afternoon.
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Severed hand rehab
A Queensland man has had part of his hand re-attached after it was severed during a horror workplace incident.
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Building company fined
A building company has been fined $47,500 (and ordered to pay $1519 in costs) over an incident in which a 3.88-tonne tilt-up panel fell from a building under construction onto a neighbouring car park.
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Company fined $80,000
The operator of a tyre recycling facility has been convicted and fined $80,000 after a young father was left with life-changing injuries.
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Company faces multiple charges following death
The Northern Territory’s largest bus operator is facing a litany of charges over the death of a bus driver who died after falling into the path of her own tour bus.
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Chef to sue Brisbane restaurant
Katelyn Rewko was 21 years old and working in her dream job when she was burnt in a horrific workplace accident that ended her career.
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Worker crushed to death
A man has died after becoming trapped between two empty shipping containers at Port Botany in Sydney.
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Teen seriously injured
A teenager has been taken to hospital with serious injuries after a workplace accident in Sydney’s south-west.
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Fifth person injured following a string of incidents
Last week’s incidents prompted industry bodies to call for greater reform, including the national implementation of industrial manslaughter laws.
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Sex Laws – France vs. Australia
Australian courts sensibly decide on the definition of “work-related injury”.
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Three Workplace Accidents in Three Hours
A man has died and another is in a critical condition in one of three workplace accidents in just three hours in Sydney this morning.
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Student Breaks Neck on Worksite
A Canberra developer will pay a fine of $180,000 after a 16-year-old school student fell off a ladder and broke his neck on its worksite, but the ACT’s work safety boss says the fine is not steep enough to deter slipping safety standards.
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Bully fined $116,250
A Melbourne director and his security company have been convicted and fined a total of $116,250 for repeatedly bullying employees in the workplace.
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