A worker has died after an incident at a solar farm near Wellington.The 41-year-old man reportedly collapsed at the farm in Wuuluman on Wednesday morning.Police and NSW ambulance paramedics attended but the man couldn’t be saved.SafeWork NSW is aware of the incident.Read the original article here.…
WorkSafe has filed charges against a crane company for breaching the Victorian OHS Act after a mobile crane collapsed at a Parkville construction site in July 2021.Victoria’s workplace health and safety watchdog accuses the company of failing to provide a safe working environment contrary to section 26(1) of the Occupational Health and Safety Act.…
Safe Work Australia urges workplaces to host a SafeTea event during National Safe Work Month in October.National Safe Work Month is held every October to remind Australians to make health and safety a priority at work.The federal safety agency says SafeTea is about coming together to talk about health and safety at work.Safe Work Australia said, “SafeT…
A woman suffered a leg fracture after she fell from her horse while mustering in South West Queensland.The incident happened on a private property in the Maranoa region on Friday afternoon.The LifeFlight Surat Gas Aeromedical Service (SGAS) was called in to treat and airlift the injured rider at around 5.30pm.The rider was flown to a Roma hospital in a…
SafeWork SA inspectors are blitzing residential construction sites this week to ensure employers are protecting workers from fall hazards and the worksites have clean toilets.Last year, SafeWork SA was notified of 77 serious work-related fall injuries, with the construction industry accounting for 59 of these injuries. SafeWork SA Executive Director G…
NT WorkSafe is warning about the risks of carbon monoxide poisoning when using fuel-powered (petrol/LPG/Diesel) forklifts in enclosed or poorly ventilated areas.The safety regulator issued the alert after two workers suffered carbon monoxide poisoning while working in a cool room. Workers were using an LPG fuelled forklift in the cool room.“There is a…
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…
- 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