An engineering company has been fined $250,000 after a 59-year-old man was fatally crushed in a workplace incident in northern Victoria in December 2017.WorkSafe said workers were dismantling equipment at an old cheese factory in Leitchville when a 770 kg condenser fell on the man, crushing him to death. Another worker sustained serious injuries as a r…
SafeWork NSW, the International Labour Organisation, and the International Social Security Organisation have recently released the draft program for the 23rd World Congress on occupational health and safety.SafeWork NSW says the program features AFL Legend and 2014 Australian of the Year Adam Goodes, Atlasian Futurist Dominic Price, occupational safety…
Emergency services were called to a quad bike crash in northern Auckland on Saturday morning.A woman and three children were injured after a quad bike left the road and plunged down a muddy bank shortly before 9am.The woman in her 40s was airlifted to Auckland City Hospital with serious injuries, while the children suffered moderate and minor injuries.…
A transport company faces multiple charges under the Victorian OHS Act following an incident in which a truck driver suffered serious injuries after several steel beams fell on him.WorkSafe said a load of steel beams fell from a flatbed trailer and struck the 64-year-old man in May 2021.The safety regulator said the company faces three charges for fail…
A traffic controller was critically injured after being hit by a car on the Gold Coast Wednesday afternoon.The woman was controlling traffic at a construction site in Palm Beach when she was struck by the vehicle. The 39-year-old woman was conveyed to Gold Coast University Hospital in a critical condition.The Forensic Crash unit is investigating the ci…
The National Heavy Vehicle Regulator (NHVR) is undertaking a review of the Master Code of Practice to improve heavy vehicle safety.The Master Code is a heavy vehicle code of practice registered in 2018. It was developed by the Australian Trucking Association (ATA) in partnership with the Australian Logistics Council (ALC) and other industry stakeholder…
WorkSafe ACT reminds all businesses to ensure all workers are trained about crystalline silica before 1 July 2023.The safety authority says it will take action against businesses that will not comply with this requirement.“WorkSafe ACT will continue to undertake inspections in line with our Compliance and Enforcement Policy, and we will take regulatory…
A man remains in hospital with serious injuries after being electrocuted in a work-related incident in southern Queensland.The incident happened on Tuesday afternoon.The Toowoomba-based RACQ LifeFlight Rescue chopper was called to the Goondiwindi region at around 3pm to treat and airlift the injured man.The man was treated at the scene before the rescu…
A worker suffered serious injuries in an incident involving a truck in Queenstown on Wednesday afternoon.Police and emergency services attended the scene, with police confirming the incident was work-related.Ambulance paramedics transported the injured worker to Lakes Hospital.The worker was later flown to Dunedin Hospital by a rescue chopper.WorkSafe…
WorkSafe reminds employers to protect workers from falls after 41 workers were fatally injured and more than 7,000 workers suffered serious injuries in work-related falls in the last five years.So far this year, three Victoria workers have died from falls and more than 300 workers have been injured, according to the safety watchdog. WorkSafe Executive…
WorkSafe has filed charges against a concrete company after a worker died at a Melbourne construction site two years ago.The man died after the concrete boom pump he was operating fell on him in May 2021.WorkSafe accuses the company of violating sections of the OHS Act by failing to provide plant that was safe.The safety agency alleges the company fail…
Emergency crews were called to a Christchurch park after an arborist sustained fatal injuries in a workplace incident on Monday morning.The incident happened at about 9.50am.WorkSafe has launched an investigation into the fatal incident.The above article was first published in the New Zealand Herald.…
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