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Fatalities spike in transport, postal and warehousing industry(Post)
Latest data from Safe Work Australia reveals that the Transport, postal & warehousing industry is still the most dangerous industry, with 35 on-the-job deaths so far this year.The Agriculture, fo ...
NSW Resources Regulator releases new fact sheet on workplace bullying and harassment(Post)The NSW Resources Regulator has developed a fact sheet about bullying and harassment in the workplace.Workplace bullying is repeated, unwelcome behaviour directed towards an employee. Workplace bully ...
WorkSafe probes work-related fatality in Mandurah(Post)An investigation has been initiated by WorkSafe regarding the work-related fatality of a male painter in his sixties, following an incident that took place in Mandurah last week. WorkSafe said the ma ...
Road worker suffers critical injuries after being struck by speeding vehicle in Waikato(Post)A road worker sustained critical injuries after being struck by a speeding vehicle in New Zealand's North Island.Police said the incident happened at a road worksite in Waikato on Friday afternoon.“R ...
Chopper pilot killed in NT muster crash(Post)A pilot has been killed after his helicopter crashed while mustering on a remote Northern Territory cattle station.The 65-year-old man’s Robinson R22 helicopter crashed on Tuesday afternoon about 650 ...
Victorian company charged after worker fatally struck by automatic gate(Post)A gate repair company has been charged after a truck driver was fatally struck by an automatic sliding gate at a Dandenong depot last year.WorkSafe has charged the company with a breach of secti ...
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 ...