A man was fatally injured after being trapped between his truck and another vehicle in Adelaide. The truck driver became trapped after his truck rolled backwards. SafeWork SA confirmed its inspectors attended the scene after the Wednesday morning incident.SafeWork SA Executive Director Martyn Campbell said, 'This tragic event is a timely reminder for…
A woman was sucked into a pipe while working on an exhaust fan at an underground coal mine in NSW.Emergency services were called to a coal mine at Mount Kembla after the incident.The 32-year-old woman was pulled from the underground pipe by fellow workers. She was transported to Wollongong Hospital with multiple fractures.Read more on the ABC News…
A retired Supreme Court judge will lead a review of NSW's workplace health and safety regulator, SafeWork.Minister for Customer Service and Digital Government Victor Dominello said the review would look at the operations and culture of SafeWork NSW."NSW Parliament passed legislation in 2015 to abolish WorkCover and replace it with iCare, SIRA and SafeW…
A man has died in hospital after an explosion at a Gold Coast business on Tuesday morning.The man was reportedly using a grinder on a drum when it exploded.The 21-year-old was rushed to the Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital with serious burns.He was in a critical condition and later succumbed to his injuries.For more information, go to myGC News…
This is the last week of National Safe Work Month, and Safe Work Australia is focusing on safe and healthy work for all.This year’s campaign focused on a different topic each week.Early this week, Safe Work Australia published a new report highlighting the benefits of workplace safety. Safe Work Australia said “This week, we will showcase key insights…
A Victorian nurse has been fined $25,000 for working at an aged care facility while positive with COVID-19.The nurse was sentenced after pleading guilty to failing to take reasonable care for the health and safety of persons at the Melbourne aged care home.The Moorabbin Magistrates Court was told the nurse worked multiple shifts after the COVID-19 posi…
Safe Work Australia has released a report highlighting the economic benefits of workplace safety. The report titled 'Safer, healthier, wealthier: The economic value of reducing work-related injuries and illnesses' shows that 185,500 more full-time jobs would be created without workplace injuries and diseases. Additionally, the Australian economy would…
7 Australians have been killed in quad bike incidents this year. Including an 82-year-old Tasmanian woman who was killed in April in a quad bike rollover in the state's south.Three of the fatalities occurred in Western Australia, while the remaining three fatalities were in Tasmania, Northern Territory and NSW.In 2021, there were 11 quad-bike fatalitie…
A Melbourne-based company has been fined $30,000 and ordered to pay costs of $2,509 for breaching WHS regulations after a worker suffered serious hand injuries in a machinery incident. The incident happened in September 2019 when the worker was attempting to free a jam in a power press machine. The machine had not been switched off, and when the worker…
A man has been killed in a quad bike incident in Dunedin.It happened on Saturday afternoon.Police were called after a quad bike rolled on a property in Mount Grand just before 5pm.Originally published in the Otago Daily Times.…
Charges against the directors of a Queensland cattle company who had been accused of breaching workplace health and safety laws over a fatal helicopter crash in the Northern Territory have been dropped.NT WorkSafe withdrew the charges after one of the directors agreed to an enforceable undertaking to spend $55,000 to improve safety on the company’s pro…
Winners of the 2022 Safe Work and Return to Work Award have been revealed. The 13 winners received their awards at an event attended by Queensland Safety Ambassador Shane Webcke in Brisbane.Industrial Relations Minister Grace Grace thanked the winners for promoting workplace health and safety. “The Palaszczuk Government’s highest priority is the health…