NT WorkSafe reminds workplaces to ensure that septic tank lids on their properties are safe and secured after a four-year-old child fell into a full septic tank in the Barkly Region last week. “Unsecured or fragile septic tank lids are a major hazard if access to the lid is not limited or controlled,” NT WorkSafe said on Wednesday.In December 2021, an…
A new study has found that farmers aged 55 years and over are more likely to suffer fatal workplace injuries compared to their younger counterparts.According to researchers, farm vehicles, including quad bikes, tractors and utes, are the leading cause of deaths and injuries on Australian farms.The findings of the study, published in the Australian Jour…
Figures so far this year indicate six people have died in quad bike incidents in Australia.The figures show three of the fatalities occurred in Western Australia.The remaining three fatalities were reported in the Northern Territory, Tasmania, and New South Wales.Safe Work Australia said quad bike-related incidents have killed 64 people in the last fiv…
A Queensland court has ordered a business owner to pay a fine of $5,000 for intimidating a workplace safety inspector.The safety inspector was attending a demolition site on 29 September 2020 when the business owner confronted him. The court heard that the defendant turned aggressive and repeatedly shouted at the inspector.He was shown a WorkSafe ID c…
An underground mine worker has been seriously injured while installing a dewatering pump in South Australia.The incident prompted SafeWork SA to issue a safety warning to mine operators to “develop, implement and maintain safe systems of work.”“While tramming forward, it is believed that the Jumbo ran over the dewatering pump line hose, causing the hos…
The Department of Defence is facing three charges under the federal WHS Act 2011 following an incident that led to the death of one of its workers. The charges relate to an incident in which a Defence technician took his life while on duty on 28 July 2020.Federal WHS regulator Comcare alleges that the Department of Defence failed to provide, so far as…
A man has been killed in a farming incident south of Mackay.The man was found trapped between a tractor and a tree on Friday.RACQ CQ Rescue said the man was working on the tractor when he became trapped.Paramedics attempted to save the man’s life by performing CPR, but he died at the scene.Source: RACQ CQ Rescue.…
The Queensland Government has launched a parliamentary inquiry to examine the safety culture in the local coal mining industry and how the industry has acted on recommendations from a report into an explosion at a central Queensland mine in 2020. “It is critical that Queenslanders can be confident the resources industry is doing everything it possibly…
A Sydney transport company has been fined $210,000 after a truck driver was seriously injured in a workplace incident in September 2019.The company was fined in the District Court of New South Wales after pleading guilty to one charge of failing to ensure as far as reasonably practicable the health and safety of workers. The truck driver was unloading…
WorkSafe Vic has laid charges following the death of a worker at a Melbourne depot in October 2020.A transport company faces three charges under the Victorian OHS Act for safety lapses that led to the death of a 65-year-old man in Yarraville.The man died after being run over by a truck.The company will appear in court later this month.Read the original…
WorkSafe is investigating a fatal workplace accident in Melbourne's north where a man died after a tipper truck fell on him.It happened at a property in Wollert on Friday afternoon.The man was working on the tipper truck when the incident took place.Source: Nine News.…
A man has died in a suspected farming incident in western NSW.Police attended the scene at Mount Harris on Friday morning following reports of a farming incident.The man was found dead in an overturned vehicle just after 8.30 am.The vehicle reportedly slipped and plunged into an irrigation channel, according to ABC News.Source: ABC News.…