Ninety-year-old women on an outing with a carer died after falling on a travelator. In February 2019, a ninety-year-old woman died shortly after falling on a shopping centre travelator during a supervised trip with a care worker. Shocking footage has emerged of the women who used a wheelie walker, losing her balance and falling backwards on a trav…
Gold Coast man tragically struck by forklift. Emergency services were called to a Gold Coast workplace on Wednesday night just after 7 pm. An elderly Burleigh Heads man was fatally involved in a forklift workplace incident.Paramedics assessed the man, who suffered critical injuries and died at the scene. A Workplace Health and Safety Queensland s…
Death of WA contractor in a workplace accident. Work has been suspended at the Silver Lake Resources' Daisy Milano gold mine after a man died while working underground yesterday morning.The accident happened in Western Australia’s Goldfields region, 50km south-east of Kalgoorlie and is being investigated by WorkSafe. A separate investigation into…
Tragic death in single-vehicle quad bike rollover. A women has died after becoming trapped under the quad bike she was riding on a rural property 60 km west of Dubbo.Emergency services rushed to the scene of the single-vehicle crash at 4 pm on Tuesday where paramedics worked on the 58-year-old women, but she died at the scene.Police are…
Worker dies in a horrific accident using a power tool. Workplace Health and Safety Queensland are investigating the death of a man in a workplace-related accident at a bowling alley in Brisbane’s southwest.The man, aged 59, was conducting construction work when he died at the scene in Richlands on Monday morning. Queensland Ambulance Service param…
New research into welding safety. Research by the NSW Government's Centre for Work Health and Safety is being embarked on to understand the effects of exposure to welding fumes by workers in welding industries and occupations in Australia.Due to a recent reclassification of welding fumes from 'possibly carcinogenic to humans' to 'carcinogenic…
Business director and operator charged over excavator fatality. A plant hire company has been charged after a 30-year old worker died from being struck by an excavator bucket in April 2019.The excavator was picked up from the plant hire business, by the worker on a truck and float (flatbed trailer). While helping to load the excavator, the w…
Construction site worker seriously injured from falling metal beam. A construction worker aged in his 50’s was struck by a large metal beam at a worksite in Sydney’s inner west on Wednesday.Emergency services were called to the site in Strathfield just before 8.45 am, with multiple crews working to transport the male worker into an ambulance.…
Painter convicted for subcontractors fall through skylight. A painter pleaded guilty to two charges in the Cobram Magistrates Court last Wednesday after the sub-contractor he engaged in painting two houses and two sheds fell through a polycarbonate skylight, landing on a metal cattle fence 5.5 metres below.The incident that occurred at Ulupna…
Working with livestock safety highlighted.A SafeWork SA compliance campaign focusing on the risks associated with livestock handling and transport will be commencing in June 2021.High-risk areas for people working with livestock can include sale yards, abattoirs, feedlots, cattle transportation, laneways, and on-farm sale related activities.Data f…
Royal Australian Mint charged over WHS Incident. Charges have been laid against the Royal Australian Mint in Canberra following an incident in the basement involving a three-tonne coin press almost falling on a worker.The coin press was being moved with a forklift when the press became unbalanced and fell. A worker standing nearby was narrowl…
Victorian workplace death toll rises to 19. There have been four workplace fatalities in just eight days in Victoria. The most recent incident resulted in the death of a 47-year-old factory worker.The man was struck by machinery at a factory in Dandenong South on Wednesday last week.It is believed he suffered a fatal head injury when an attachment…
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