A young man was fatally injured after being trapped beneath heavy machinery at a job site in western Queensland last Friday, on a property west of Townsville.
In brief: Ambulance paramedics reached the site on Richmond Woolgar Rd and discovered a man pinned beneath heavy machinery, in a critical condition. He was pronounced deceased at the scene, and…
Preliminary data shows 167 Australian workers killed on the job so far this year. Transport, postal and warehousing tops every industry with 62 fatal incidents; agriculture, forestry and fishing follows on 25; construction sits third with 18.
Safe Work Australia publishes these running counts so employers, regulators and industry leaders gain an early…
SafeWork SA has announced the winners of its 2025 ‘Organise Your Own Workplace Activity’ competition, recognising South Australian employers that ran standout activities during National Safe Work Month in October.
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Competition winners were revealed after the month-long campaign wrapped up across South Australia.
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A man in his 40s was flown to hospital in a critical condition after a farming incident in south-east Queensland on Sunday morning. He fell from a stack of hay bales, allegedly struck by a falling bale while carrying out farm work.
LifeFlight was called to the Toowoomba region at about 8.40am. The aeromedical crew joined forces with local QAS paramedi…
A worker has succumbed to injuries sustained during an incident at a gold mine in Fosterville last Friday.
According to WorkSafe, the 53-year-old man was working with a cable bolter about 1.6 kilometers underground when he became trapped in the machinery around 11:30 am.
WorkSafe has launched an investigation into the incident.
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The National Heavy Vehicle Regulator (NHVR) has launched a four-week safety operation in Tasmania, targeting compliance failures uncovered across the building and construction industry.
Named 'Operation Amplify', the campaign places NHVR Safety and Compliance Officers (SCOs) at inspection points around Hobart, Launceston and Burnie, checking that truc…
Safe Work Australia has announced changes to the model Work Health and Safety (WHS) Act and Regulations, after receiving approval from WHS ministers. Reporting triggers are now broader — covering psychosocial harm, violence and long absences — but the amendments only apply once a state or territory writes them into local law.
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Answer first: The NSW Resources Regulator has published its Quarterly Safety Report – July to September 2025, giving mining and extractive operators fresh data to review safety management systems and strengthen risk assessments. Headline figures include 596 incident notifications (an 18% rise on the previous three months) and 1,175 assessments complete…
New laws prioritise mental health in Victoria from 1 December 2025, when the Occupational Health and Safety (Psychological Health) Regulations 2025 commence. Victorian employers are now required to take defined steps to recognise psychosocial hazards and manage work-related mental health risk with the same rigour long applied to machine guarding, chemi…
A man has been flown to hospital following an incident involving machinery in South West Queensland.
The LifeFlight helicopter was called to a property in the Maranoa Region at 10.20am on Monday morning.
The man in his twenties received treatment for a severe leg injury and was subsequently flown to Princess Alexandra Hospital for additional care.
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Safe Work Australia releases new yearly report: Evidence Matters
Safe Work Australia has released its new annual publication, Evidence Matters, which sets out the research and data guiding model work health and safety policy across Australia.
In short: Evidence Matters gathers the evidence base behind Safe Work Australia's policy efforts, aiding the…
A woman has lost her life after a hay bale fell on her at a saleyard in Queensland. Emergency services and police were alerted to the work-related incident just prior to 7am on Wednesday. The victim, aged in her 40s, was examined for injuries that posed a threat to her life, but she died shortly after. Workplace Health and Safety Queensland is probing…
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