Service pit death brings $300,000 fine
A southern Adelaide electrical company has been fined $300,000 after a worker died when he became trapped in a pit.
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Work experience ‘freak accident’ leaves Aussie teen with horrific burns
Codi Walmsley, 15, has extensive bandaging over his body now to protect his burns.
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Engineering company fined $567K over workshop fatality
A Bassendean workshop fatality has cost an engineering firm more than half a million dollars due to inadequate safety checks resulting in a boom collapsing on a worker.
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Two companies convicted after labourer falls 4.6m, seriously injured
Two Adelaide companies have been fined a total of $108,000 after a labour hire worker was seriously injured when he fell 4.6m through a skylight.
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Charges over unacceptable behaviour towards apprentice
WorkSafe has charged an electrical contracting company and its sole director over alleged bullying,
sexual harassment and gendered violence directed at a female apprentice.
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Employer fined after worker seriously injured by exploding tyre
K19 Mining Pty Ltd has been fined $350,000 plus costs of $4,568.70 after a worker suffered nerve damage and hearing loss when knocked unconscious by a road-train tyre that exploded while being reinflated.
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The worker who never returned home from work on Monday has been identified.
Jess Patience, 36, killed in Golden Plains wind turbine tragedy in Victoria
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Golf club worker critically injured after mower rollover
A man in his 70s was left fighting for his life after a mower rolled over at Windaroo Lakes Golf Course on 6 November.
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Driving home road safety message to workplaces
A new workplace road safety guide has been released for employers aiming to reduce the number of workers being killed or injured on South Australian roads.
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The Swiss Cheese Model of incident causation
We’ve all experienced it – when someone makes an observation that encapsulates what we felt we knew all along but had yet to (at least so eloquently) articulate, or that would, so we charitably tell ourselves, have been obvious to us had we given the matter any thought.
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Council worker wins compensation claim while working from home
An Adelaide-based council worker has won a compensation claim on injuries she suffered in 2022 while working from home.
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Brewing Company worker burned in workplace explosion
The woman was working in the kitchen at the brewery when there was an explosion, leaving her with significant burns to her face.
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Qantas to pay compensation for unlawful vaccine policy
In November 2021 Qantas implemented a mandatory COVID-19 vaccination policy for all of its employees.
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Can an employee refuse a direction to attend an Independent Medical Examination?
As a HR Manager, you have received a complaint about an employee’s conduct, or maybe it’s time for that long-delayed conversation about their performance.
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Worker’s lapse maims offsider; how can victim sue?
How can an injured worker recover injury compensation damages for an on-the-job accident when an employer has put in place a safe system of work only to have a co-worker fail to follow the system as a result of a momentary lapse.
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