Boy dies after being crushed by falling parking meter
A child has died in hospital after being crushed by a falling parking meter stored in a museum courtyard.
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Gate repairer fined $350K over truckie’s death
A repair company has been convicted and fined $350,000 after a 59-year-old man was crushed by a falling 1.1 tonne gate in Dandenong South.
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Worker’s injury while commuting fails compensation test
The County Court of Victoria recently dealt with a case where a worker sought compensation under the Transport Accident Act 1986. She argued that injuries from a bus incident impacted her ability to work and her future employment prospects.
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Which retail and wholesale workers are most at risk of injury?
In the retail and wholesale industry, employees in their first year on the job account for more than a third of all work-related injuries, a recent analysis shows.
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Charges after telehandler incident causes brain injury
WorkSafe has charged a Gippsland irrigation company after a worker was seriously injured when he was struck by a telehandler at a Yarram dairy farm.
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Worker’s ‘gruesome’ hand injury results in $50k fine for company
Manufacturing company Cryoquip was recently sentenced after pleading guilty to two charges of failing to provide a safe workplace in the Dandenong Magistrates Court.
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Golf carts and kangaroo crashes: Who’s to blame when a worker gets injured at a Christmas party?
With most organisations right in the middle of their Christmas get-togethers, many may realise that injuries at end-of-year parties do happen – but whose fault is it?
Failure to follow disciplinary procedures can be costly
High Court rules employee entitled to damages for psychiatric injury caused by employer’s breach of contract – unpacking the case of Elisha v Vision Australia Limited [2024] HCA 50 On 11 December 2024 the High Court of Australia found damages were available for psychiatric injury to an unfairly dismissed employee in circumstances where the injury
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Manufacturer fined after worker’s head crushed
An industrial plastics manufacturer has been fined $40,000 after a worker suffered life-threatening crush injuries when his head was caught in machinery.
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Fruit grower fined $750,000 after picker’s fall
A Woorinen South fruit grower has been convicted and fined $750,000 after a fruit picker died following a fall from a moving trailer.
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The shocking new statistic on forklift safety that every manufacturer should know
WorkSafe Victoria has published new guidance designed to help manufacturers avoid forklift accidents in the workplace – including one shocking stat that should make the industry sit up and take notice.
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Company forks out $40,000 for safety failures
A transport and logistics company has been convicted and fined $40,000 for repeatedly failing to address the risk of someone being struck or crushed by a forklift at its Laverton North branch.
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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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