Director charged after driving ute with teen in toolbox
WorkSafe has charged a company director for driving a ute in Victoria’s high country with a teenage apprentice in a toolbox
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Company fronts court after worker suffers fatal injuries
A worker fractured his skull, lost about two litres of blood, went into cardiac arrest and died during a horrific workplace accident in Dandenong South.
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$40,000 fine after worker’s arm caught in shredder
A scrap metal recycler in Tottenham has been fined $40,000 after a contractor’s arm was caught in a machine which had the guarding removed.
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Company Fined $40,000 After Worker Trapped Under Gate
Build Tech Hoardings Pty Ltd was sentenced in the Moorabbin Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday 3 April after pleading guilty to a single charge of failing to ensure persons other than employees were not exposed to health and safety risks.
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Company fined $150k for Crestmead exploding tyre accident
A construction company has been fined $150,000 after a tyre exploded on site in Logan, badly injuring a worker.
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‘No evidence’ worker killed in horror crush accident given safety training
A Youngtown man killed in a horrific waste compactor accident nearly a decade ago was not given safety guidelines or instructions on critical safety aspects of his job, a coroner has found.
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Charges over student’s death on school trip
WorkSafe has charged a Melbourne school and an adventure travel company following the death of a student after an overseas trip in 2019.
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Man loses legs in ‘horrific’ workplace accident
The truck driver also suffered a traumatic brain injury when he was crushed by 12m-long steel beams.
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Pot scrubber fails in repetitive injury claim in Mackay District Court
This case serves as an important reminder that employers should appropriately address identified risks to ensure they are not breaching their duty of care to employees. However, a worker’s claim does not necessarily succeed just because they can demonstrate a breach of duty or care by an employer.
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SafeWork NSW Audit Report
On 27 February 2024, the NSW Audit Office (NAO) handed down its much-anticipated findings on the effectiveness of SafeWork NSW’s (SafeWork) performance of its regulatory compliance functions for work health and safety in NSW (Audit Report).
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WorkSafe inspectors to use body-worn cameras
Body-worn cameras will now be used at all times by NT WorkSafe inspectors while conducting compliance checks and investigating workplace incidents, the agency has said.
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Spray painter’s WorkCover claim for terminal condition
In this article, we explore a case where a worker’s claim for terminal benefits under worker’s compensation was denied by WorkCover Queensland as the medical evidence did not suggest the condition would terminate his life.
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Timber business faces court after workplace accident
A Port of Brisbane timber company has been fined tens of thousands of dollars after a “devastating” workplace accident that put an employee in hospital for 40 days.
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Former Jungle Surfing Canopy Tours boss Sheena Mary Walshaw on trial over zip line accident
The widow of a man who plunged to his death in a zip line accident at Cape Tribulation four years ago listened as a witness gave evidence a ‘grandstand’ zip line was put together without recommended equipment.
Industrial manslaughter laws are still new to many parts of Australia, and convictions are rare
With one young father killed in a workplace accident on Wednesday and another fighting for his life in hospital, debate over Australia’s industrial manslaughter laws has been reignited.