A national transportation firm is facing charges for contravening Commonwealth Work Health and Safety legislation due to an incident that left two workers injured in South Australia.Subsequent to a Comcare investigation, the Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions has initiated a single charge in the Adelaide Magistrates Court, claiming that the c…
An incident at a workplace in Bundaleer North has resulted in the death of a man.Emergency services were alerted to an incident on Springs Road just after 12:30pm on Monday, where a worker suffered fatal injuries.The man, aged 34 and from Arthurton, succumbed to his injuries at the scene.Police said they will compile a report for the Coroner.Initially…
A man has lost his leg in a severe workplace incident in Sydney’s west.The man, aged in his 70s, had his leg amputated after it became trapped in machinery at Sefton shortly after 8:45pm on SundayParamedics provided treatment to the man at the scene before he was swiftly transported to Westmead Hospital in a critical condition.Safework NSW has been inf…
The LifeFlight rescue chopper transported a man to hospital after he sustained injuries in a motorcycle incident on a farm in south-east Queensland.Reports indicate the man in his twenties struck a tree and was later located unconscious by his friends on Saturday morning.The LifeFlight helicopter landed near the scene at about 9:04am and local paramedi…
The NSW government has expressed its support for the prohibition on the importation of engineered stone products, effective from 1 January 2025, in order to safeguard the health and safety of workers in the future.The State Government says the national prohibition on imports encompasses engineered stone countertops, slabs, and panels that contain silic…
A man in his sixties has been killed following a collision with a pig while operating his quad bike in Central NSW.He was discovered with severe head injuries at Five Ways, approximately 70km south-west of Nyngan, just before 1am on Saturday.The man received medical attention but unfortunately succumbed to his injuries at the incident scene.Witness acc…
The NSW Resources Regulator has recently published its Compliance Priorities for the period of January to June 2025, detailing essential compliance priorities and proactive assessment initiatives for the upcoming six months.“By publishing our compliance priorities, we aim to increase transparency, community and industry confidence in our regulatory act…
WorkSafe New Zealand is calling on businesses that operate scissor lifts to reassess their safety protocols following a tragic incident in which a worker fell from a height and lost their life during the holiday season.On December 28, 2024, a 37-year-old man fell from a scissor lift in Auckland and succumbed to his injuries in the hospital a few d…
WorkSafe has filed charges against a cured meats manufacturer following a serious incident in which a worker was injured after being hit by a reversing forklift at the company's warehouse in Melbourne in April 2023.The company has been charged with four violations of section 21(1) of the Occupational Health and Safety Act due to its inability…
A medical facility operator has been charged by WorkSafe after a patient died at a Geelong hospital two years ago.In December 2022, the patient sadly ended her own life while receiving treatment in the acute psychiatric unit of the hospital.The hospital operator is confronted with two allegations under section 23(1) of the Occupational Health and Safet…
A man has been injured in a chainsaw incident in southeast Queensland.The man, believed to be in his 50s, reportedly injured his left leg with the chainsaw blade while he was felling trees on a Coalbank property Wednesday morning.The LifeFlight rescue helicopter was assigned to the incident in the Toowoomba region and managed to land in a nearby f…
A man has been killed in an unfortunate incident in north-west Sydney after being trapped beneath a toppled oil tank.Emergency services arrived at Eastwood around 8:45am on Tuesday after receiving reports that a man in his sixties was trapped beneath a tank.Police arrived to find the man trapped, and despite the efforts of paramedics to treat him, he w…
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