The South Australian Employment Tribunal has fined a potato producer after a worker suffered significant injuries from a forklift that was reversing.
Recently, the company was instructed to pay a fine of $180,000 due to a prosecution initiated by SafeWork SA.
The tribunal accused the company of contravening section 32 of the Work Health and Safety Act…
The LifeFlight helicopter transported a rider to hospital after falling from his horse on Sunday morning.
Reports suggest the man was rounding up cattle on a private property in the Toowoomba region when the incident took place.
He suffered serious injuries to his chest.
The LifeFlight chopper was called to the scene just after 10am.
The man, aged in…
WorkSafe is conducting an investigation into the death of a worker discovered at the base of a silo in a Montrose quarry, east of Melbourne, on Saturday.
A statement issued by the safety watchdog on Monday indicated the 54-year-old man fell approximately 18 meters through an opening at the top of the silo before being found around 3pm.
This incident i…
SafeWork NSW is highlighting the significance of maintaining safety protocols around mobile plant and vehicles after two severe incidents took place within a span of five hours on Thursday.
A man in his fifties lost his life after being hit by a truck at a recycling facility in Greenacre at 7.30pm.
New South Wales Police responded to the incident, and…
Twenty workers have been killed at work so far this year, according to recent data from Safe Work Australia.
The transport, postal, and warehousing sector has recorded the highest number of fatalities, totalling 12. This is followed by the agriculture, forestry, and fishing sector, as well as construction, each reporting two fatalities.
Additionally,…
On February 20, 2025, a collision occurred between a haul truck and an excavator at an open coal mine near Muswellbrook.
The NSW Resources Regulator has published an ‘investigation information release’ following the incident.
“The haul truck reversed towards the excavator without positive communications established between the operat…
A Victorian builder has received a conviction and a $65,000 fine after it was discovered that metal scaffolding was positioned within 10 centimeters of a live electrical cable at a construction site in Elwood.
The court also ordered the builder to cover costs amounting to $4,210.
The Melbourne Magistrates’ Court recently issued a sentence to the…
A man lost his life when the light aircraft he was flying crashed in the Midwest region of Western Australia on Friday morning.
A member of the public reported the sighting of wreckage in Ogilvie, approximately 500km north of Perth, prompting emergency services to respond shortly after 11am.
According to a spokesperson for WA Police, the pilot,…
A worker has been killed in an industrial incident in Sydney's west on Thursday evening.
Emergency responders arrived at a recycling plant in Greenacre at about 7:30pm.
Police were present outside the recycling facility, where it is reported that the man, in his 50s, suffered an amputation that ultimately led to his demise.
Efforts by paramedics to re…
A new grants program from WorkSafe is financing creative solutions to improve the recovery process and facilitate the return to work for injured workers in Victoria.
The funding is being channeled through the Innovations program of Return to Work Victoria, which has been bolstered by a $50 million investment to tackle the most formidable barriers to r…
A truckie has succumbed to injuries sustained in a rollover incident west of Hervey Bay.
The man was behind the wheel of a B-double truck that hit a tree and overturned off the Burnett Highway in Grosvenor on Wednesday morning.
According to Queensland Ambulance Services, paramedics arrived to find the man in a critical condition, having sustained life…
Recent statistics published by AgriFutures Australia and compiled by AgHealth Australia indicate a troubling and significant increase in fatalities and severe injuries occurring on farms, with 72 deaths and 133 serious injuries reported in 2024.
Farmsafe Australia, the leading national organisation for farm safety, is calling for swift intervention, s…
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