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Comcare has charged a construction company for infringing upon federal work health and safety laws after a worker sustained severe injuries as a result of a fall. Following an investigation by the national work health and safety regulator, the Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions has initiated a single charge, alleging that the company failed…
Victoria’s workplace safety watchdog has announced that it has initiated legal action against 34 businesses for noncompliance with height safety regulations in the first six months of 2025, as efforts to avert catastrophic falls persist. In addition, WorkSafe has achieved favorable legal outcomes against 28 more duty holders regarding fall hazar…
A female ATV rider was flown to the hospital by the LifeFlight Surat Gas Aeromedical Service (SGAS) helicopter on Tuesday morning following a rollover incident in South West Queensland. The helicopter was dispatched by Retrieval Services Queensland to the Maranoa region at 1:52 PM, landing on a dirt road on a private property. The woman, in her 20s, w…
WorkSafe is conducting an investigation following the death of a man in a workplace incident that occurred at a mine site in Western Australia’s Goldfields region last week. WorkSafe indicated that a team of investigators from Perth and WorkSafe Mines Safety inspectors from Kalgoorlie were sent to the site, located 900 kilometres north-east of P…
South Australia’s workplace health and safety authority, SafeWork SA, has recently warned workplaces after a man pretended to be an inspector and conducted a roadside drug and alcohol test on two employees. SafeWork SA said the workers were engaged in earthworks at Victor Harbor when, at 1:30 AM on July 19, 2025, a man approached them claiming t…
The NSW Resources Regulator has announced the findings of its 2025 annual high visibility campaign. The campaign was carried out over a period of 10 days from late June to early July 2025, focusing on significant incidents at both underground and surface mines throughout NSW, while also evaluating the effectiveness of measures implemented to avert the…
WorkSafe Victoria is advising tradespeople to consider their body as their most essential tool and to take measures to protect it from pain, strain, and injury throughout this Tradies National Health Month. The occupational health and safety agency states that Musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) are still the most prevalent injuries among employees in Vi…
WorkSafe Victoria has recently revealed it will focus on five key industries in the upcoming year to help achieve its ambitious objectives for decreasing workplace fatalities and injuries across the state. The workplace safety watchdog indicates that the key sectors of health care and social assistance, construction, government, agriculture, and manuf…
A man sustained a serious arm injury following a drop saw incident in South East Queensland on Thursday afternoon (8th August). The man, thought to be in his 80s, reportedly sustained the injury while operating a drop saw at a private property on an island in the Moreton Bay area. At 4:35pm, Retrieval Services Queensland dispatched the LifeFlight heli…