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VIC mechanic faces charges after deadly garbage truck incident(Post)
WorkSafe has brought charges against a diesel mechanic after a worker was killed by the garbage truck he was driving in June 2023. The 26-year-old man was positioned adjacent to the garbage truck wh ...
Rider killed in SA quad bike rollover(Post)A rider was fatally injured in a quad bike rollover north-east of Adelaide.Emergency services were alerted to a private property in Tungkillo shortly before 8am on Tuesday, January 14, following repo ...
Fatal occupational injuries: Safe Work Australia releases updated data(Post)Recent data from Safe Work Australia shows that 60 Australian workers have lost their lives while working this year.Transport postal and warehousing has the highest number of work-related deaths at 1 ...
Man hospitalised in critical condition after cattle truck incident in central Queensland(Post)A cattle truck incident in central Queensland left a man in his 30s critically injured on Thursday afternoon.Emergency services were immediately dispatched to a property near Bauhinia, southwest of R ...
Safe Work Australia publishes new guide on how to develop asbestos registers(Post)Safe Work Australia has recently released new guidance material to help employers prepare asbestos registers in the workplace.Safe Work Australia describes an asbestos register as a ‘workplace safety ...
Missing Queensland miners found dead(Post)Two workers who fell into a hole at an underground mine in northern Queensland have been found dead.Their bodies were found by rescue workers on Thursday.The miners were reported missing on Wednesday ...
Woman killed after being hit by hay bale at Queensland saleyard(Post)A woman has lost her life following an incident where a hay bale fell on her at a Queensland saleyard. Emergency services and police were alerted to the work-related incident just prior to 7am on We ...
Melbourne worker killed in incident involving loading of Elevated Work Platform(Post)Victoria’s workplace safety watchdog has confirmed an investigation is underway regarding the fatality of a man at a construction site in West Melbourne last Tuesday. Reports suggest the 44-ye ...
Elderly man in critical condition following lawn mower rollover in Logan(Post)A man in his 70s has been critically injured in a lawn mower incident in Logan on Wednesday morning.The man suffered serious head and neck injuries after rolling his lawn mower in Windaroo at around ...
Brisbane traffic controller sustains critical injuries after being struck by car(Post)A traffic controller is battling for his life in a hospital after being struck by a car while on duty in Brisbane.The 69-year-old man was working at a council worksite in Kelvin Grove shortly after 1 ...
Man killed in central Queensland tractor incident(Post)An elderly man has been killed, and another has suffered serious injuries in a tractor incident in central Queensland.The incident happened on private property near Mackay at about 7am on Saturday mo ...
