A man in his twenties has been flown to a hospital by the LifeFlight aeromedical crew after suffering a leg injury from a chainsaw incident in the Gold Coast Hinterland.
The LifeFlight rescue chopper was called to the scene on Wednesday and managed to land in a nearby clearing.
The LifeFlight critical care doctor and a flight paramedic from the Queens…
WorkSafe's half-yearly results indicate that the financial status of the safety regulator is getting better.
The results show the Economic Insurance Result (EIR), replacing the Performance from Insurance Operations as the primary performance metric for Victoria's workers compensation scheme, yielded a surplus of $322 million.
WorkSafe achieved a…
The Australian Government has ratified a new code of practice to assist employers and employees in mitigating and responding to incidents of sexual and gender-based harassment in Commonwealth workplaces.
Comcare advises that the new Work Health and Safety (Sexual and Gender-based Harassment) Code of Practice 2025 should be interpreted and impleme…
SafeWork SA has issued a safety warning following a recent incident where a bus descended a gentle slope and struck its driver, causing serious injuries.
“The Barossa Valley incident occurred on 20 February 2025 after the driver stopped the bus. She left the bus and was inspecting it when it rolled about 10 metres down an incline, knocking…
A demolition business has been sentenced and ordered to pay a total of $40,000 in fines after an employee fell through a skylight and sustained a spinal fracture at a Melbourne residential site.
An ex parte judgment was delivered by the Broadmeadows Magistrates' Court last week, finding the company guilty of not ensuring a safe workplace free from hea…
Tasmania Police are conducting an investigation into a serious quad bike incident that occurred at Turners Marsh on Sunday night, resulting in significant injuries to a man.
At around 6:45pm, emergency services were sent to Pipers River Road following a report of a crash involving a quad bike.
The man, aged 49, who was operating a quad bike, was taken…
The LifeFlight rescue helicopter has flown a man to hospital after he sustained injuries in a tractor incident on Sunday morning.
The rescue chopper was called to the Fraser Coast area at noon.
A man in his fifties received treatment at the scene for various injuries.
He was later flown to Sunshine Coast University Hospital for further treatment.
Init…
The New South Wales Resources Regulator has issued its Quarterly Safety Report covering the period from October to December 2024.
The Regulator says this report serves to inform the industry more effectively when assessing safety management systems and executing risk assessments at their respective sites. It includes information on incidents and trend…
SafeWork SA announces that its partnership with the fast-growing distilling industry in South Australia will persist into 2025, as the education and compliance campaign has been extended.
Launched in May 2024, this campaign represents the first instance of safety audits being performed at gin distilleries in South Australia.
SafeWork has reported that…
NT WorkSafe has released updated resources to assist Persons Conducting a Business and Undertaking (PCBU) in comprehending and adhering to the new legal obligations that came into effect earlier this year as a result of amendments to the Northern Territory’s Anti-Discrimination laws.
These requirements are referred to as Positive Duty.
According…
Two companies have been ordered to collectively pay fines and reparations amounting to $335,680 following the death of a 39-year-old forestry subcontractor who died while manually cutting down trees southeast of Auckland in June 2022.
WorkSafe indicated that the trees the man was cutting manually had been windthrown, indicating they were bent and harm…
WorkSafe reminds Victorians that any workplace fatality is unacceptable, following the tragic loss of 50 lives in 2024.
Last year, the transport, construction, and agriculture sectors emerged as the most hazardous, yet workplace fatalities were recorded across over fifty percent of all industries, affecting a wide array of professions, according to da…
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