A man was fatally injured after being struck by machinery in Cairns on Friday afternoon.Emergency crews responded to reports of a workplace incident in Portsmith just before 3pm.The man in his 60s was rushed to hospital but he succumbed to his injuries.Police and workplace safety authorities have launched investigations into the incident.Read more …
A man was seriously injured after getting stuck in a machine at an Auckland workplace.Emergency services rushed to the incident in Otara at about 8:30am on Saturday morning.They freed the man and took him to Middlemore Hospital with critical injuries.WorkSafe will investigate the incident.The above article was originally published here.…
Workplace Health and Safety Queensland is investigating a fatal workplace incident at a Brisbane business.A solar panel maintenance worker plunged 5m through the roof of a building in Wynnum on June 29. The man, 43, was taken to the Princess Alexandra Hospital, where he later died.Read the original article here.…
A Melbourne metal company has been fined for breaching workplace safety regulations after a worker was crushed to death in February 2021.The company was fined $280,000 after pleading guilty to failing to provide and maintain safe plant.The worker was found trapped between a machine and a table. He sustained serious crush injuries and was pronounced dea…
Work has been suspended at a Newcastle construction site following the death of a worker on Wednesday morning.A 20-year-old man was crushed to death at about 9am.SafeWork NSW inspectors issued the prohibition notice on Thursday morning.The man was pinned underneath a reinforced steel column, according to ABC News."SafeWork NSW has placed a non-disturba…
Safe Work Australia has recently released new work health and safety data on its beta site.Safe Work Australia said, “the initial release in March 2023 published dashboards for our key datasets including work-related fatalities, workers’ compensation, WHS prosecutions as well as 2 industry data sets - agriculture and road transport.”“We received positi…
The ACT Government has announced the release of a new Asbestos Advice Notice.The updated Notice took effect on 1 July 2023.The notice provides details on where you can find asbestos at home and applies to homes built prior to1990.WorkSafe ACT said the updated Notice will help improve workplace health and safety and reduce the risk of exposure to asbest…
Federal work health and safety regulator Comcare has launched a new program to tackle workplace mental health stigma.According to Comcare, stigma can prevent an employee from seeking help from a qualified mental health professional.The Mental Notes program aims to “raise awareness of mental health-related stigma, increase manager/supervisor knowledge a…
A man has died following a workplace incident at a Newcastle construction site.The incident happened on Wednesday morning.Ambulance paramedics treated the 20 year-old man at the scene before rushing him to hospital, where he later succumbed to his injuries. SafeWork NSW is investigating the cause of the incident.Read the full story on the ABC News webs…
A woman sustained facial injuries after she fell from her horse in the South Burnett Region on Wednesday afternoon.The incident happened on a property in Kumbia shortly before 1pm.A rescue chopper airlifted the injured woman to the Princess Alexandra Hospital for treatment.The above article was originally published here.…
The New South Wales Resources Regulator has published its compliance priorities for the last half of 2023.The Resources Regulator’s compliance priorities for July to December 2023 include ‘heavy vehicle interaction, ventilation management and helping small mines to comply with new rehabilitation requirements.’The regulator will also conduct inspections…
WorkSafe reminds workplaces about the risks of working with conveyor belts after a worker suffered fatal injuries after getting caught in a conveyor belt.WorkSafe says the conveyor belt was manufactured overseas and was not adequately guarded to prevent workers from accessing moving parts. “Conveyor belt systems are used on poultry farms to transport e…