WorkSafe has filed charges against a Keysborough-based warehousing and logistics firm and its director after a delivery driver died in August 2022.The employee had been working for 12 hours continuously, transporting baked goods to different destinations in the northern region of Victoria. Unfortunately, his delivery van veered into the lane of an appr…
A man has been injured in a work-related incident at a power plant in central Queensland.The contractor sustained foot burns while working in a boilerhouse at the power station in Mount Murchison on Friday evening.He was brought to the hospital for medical treatment.Workplace Health and Safety Queensland will investigate the incident.Read the full stor…
Recent data from Safe Work Australia shows that 60 Australian workers have lost their lives while working this year.Transport postal and warehousing has the highest number of work-related deaths at 18, while agriculture, forestry, and fishing follow closely with 14 fatalities.The construction sector saw 8 employees lose their lives, public administrati…
A worker was fatally injured in a farm incident near Morrinsville on Saturday morning.Police were alerted about the incident just prior to 8am.A police spokesperson said the worker sustained severe injuries and sadly died shortly after.WorkSafe is aware of the fatality.Read the original article here.…
A young man sustained a severe head injury in a work-related incident south-west of Adelaide on Wednesday afternoon.Paramedics rushed to Edwardstown following the incident around noon on Wednesday.The man in his 20s was transported to Flinders Medical Centre for treatment.SafeWork SA inspectors were dispatched to the scene to initiate their investigati…
An excavator operator died on Monday morning after the machine he was using overturned in a river near Gisborne.The 30-tonne excavator was carrying out work in the river at the time of the incident.Emergency response teams were dispatched to the location around 10.20am.According to an emergency services spokesperson, the excavator flipped over, tr…
WorkSafe is currently investigating two separate incidents of workplace fatalities that occurred on Tuesday.In Donnybrook, a male worker was fatally injured while picking up a skip bin from the front yard of a residential property at about 8am.WorkSafe investigators visited the scene.In the Maida Vale area, it is thought that a worker was electroc…
Did you know that this August is Tradies National Health Month?
Every August, Tradies National Health Month is observed across Australia as a dedicated national health campaign to spotlight the unique health risks and challenges encountered by workers in trade-based occupations, known as 'tradies'. Spearheaded by the Australian Physiotherapy Assoc…
WorkSafe has officially announced that they are conducting an investigation into the unfortunate death a 26-year-old worker at a recycling centre in Broadmeadows that occurred on Friday.According to WorkSafe, the man passed away after being hit by a front-end loader while it was transporting recycled goods at around 9:45am.WorkSafe figures show 24…
A rider has died following an ATV crash in north Canterbury.Emergency crews responded to reports of an ATV incident at a property in the Omihi area shortly before 11:30am on Monday morning.Despite all the efforts made by emergency crews, the rider passed away at the scene.Police said WorkSafe is aware of the incident.Source: New Zealand Polic…
Safe Work Australia recently released a new WHS profile focusing on electricians, aiming to highlight the common risks they face during their work activities.The federal safety agency said this profile emphasises the increased risk of job hazards and body positioning hazards faced by electricians in comparison to workers in other occupations.The p…
A man was transported to Kingaroy Hospital following an incident with a horse in the South Burnett Region on Friday morning.Emergency crews responded to a private property in Taabinga around 5:15am.A spokesperson for QAS confirmed the man in his 70s sustained a head injury.The man's condition was stable when he was taken to the hospital.Read the o…
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 4
- 5
- 6
- 7
- 8
- 9
- 10
- 11
- 12
- 13
- 14
- 15
- 16
- 17
- 18
- 19
- 20
- 21
- 22
- 23
- 24
- 25
- 26
- 27
- 28
- 29
- 30
- 31
- 32
- 33
- 34
- 35
- 36
- 37
- 38
- 39
- 40
- 41
- 42
- 43
- 44
- 45
- 46
- 47
- 48
- 49
- 50
- 51
- 52
- 53
- 54
- 55
- 56
- 57
- 58
- 59
- 60
- 61
- 62
- 63
- 64
- 65
- 66
- 67
- 68
- 69
- 70
- 71
- 72
- 73
- 74
- 75
- 76
- 77
- 78
- 79
- 80
- 81
- 82
- 83
- 84
- 85
- 86
- 87
- 88
- 89
- 90
- 91
- 92
- 93
- 94
- 95
- 96
- 97
- 98
- 99
- 100
- 101
- 102
- 103
- 104
- 105
- 106
- 107
- 108
- 109
- 110
- 111
- 112
- 113
- 114
- 115
- 116
- 117
- 118
- 119
- 120
- 121
- 122
- 123
- 124
- 125
- 126
- 127
- 128
- 129
- 130
- 131
- 132
- 133
- 134
- 135
- 136
- 137
- 138
- 139
- 140
- 141
- 142
- 143
- 144
- 145
- 146
- 147
- 148
- 149
- 150
- 151
- 152
- 153
- 154
- 155
- 156
- 157
- 158
- 159
- 160
- 161
- 162
- 163
- 164
- 165
- 166
- 167
- 168
- 169
- 170
- 171
- 172
- 173
- 174
- 175