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SafeWork SA warns about tailgate lifters after serious incident(Post)
Pallet trucks and tailgate lifters have once again come under scrutiny following an injury to a worker in the second significant incident of the year.According to SafeWork SA, contractors were transp ...
New Zealand freight company sentenced after worker killed by reversing front-end loader(Post)A Southland freight company has been ordered to pay more than $500k after a truck driver died in a workplace incident more than six years ago.The man was fatally struck by a reversing front-end ...
WorkSafe investigates workplace death in Melbourne(Post)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 workin ...
Vic farm worker crushed in workplace incident(Post)A 55-year-old man has been killed in a truck unloading incident in Victoria, taking the state’s workplace fatality toll to 28.The 55-year-old man became trapped between a tip truck and a front-end lo ...
Worker dies in hospital after Mount Wallace crash(Post)A 69-year-old truck driver has died in hospital following a collision involving two garbage trucks at Mount Wallace on Anzac Day.The man died in hospital on Wednesday. WorkSafe h ...
WorkSafe Vic investigating fatal fall at grain depot (Post)WorkSafe Victoria is investigating a fall after a driver fell from the top of a truck and died a week ago.WorkSafe said a handrail failed as the man was closing hatches on top of the truck's grain co ...
Two workplace deaths in 24hrs prompt WorkSafe probe(Post)Two workers tragically lost their lives in separate incidents during the weekend, prompting an investigation by WorkSafe.The first incident happened on Friday at a Kellalac farm near Warracknabeal, w ...
Tuesday 18th May 2021(Post)Company that failed to provide a safe workplace fined $120,000. Failing to provide a safe workplace which led to an avoidable accident, has landed a concrete company in court. The company was f ...
Safety warning issued after worker crushed by hay bale on Queensland property(Post)WorkSafe Queensland reminds workers about the risks associated with loading or unloading hay bales from trucks or trailers after a worker sustained serious spinal injuries when struck by a hay bale l ...
Fatal crane incident under investigation by WorkSafe(Post)An investigation has been commenced by WorkSafe into the incident that took place at a construction site in Berwick resulting in a fatality.Reports indicate that a 28-year-old truck driver was hit an ...
Friday 5th March 2021(Post)Multiple charges laid over tank container fire. An industrial equipment supplier has been charged by WorkSafe Victoria regarding a serious workplace incident at Derrimut.In May 2019, two workers ...
