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Worker’s fatal roof fall at Brisbane business under probe(Post)
Workplace Health and Safety Queensland is investigating a fatal workplace incident at a Brisbane business.A solar panel maintenance worker plunged 5m through the roof of a building in Wynnum on June ...
Man hospitalised with chest injuries after fall from roof(Post)Paramedics treated an elderly man for chest injuries after he fell from a roof in the Sunshine Coast Region.The man in his 80s fell about three metres from a house roof in Nambour on Wednesday mornin ...
Woman in hospital after mustering horse fall on Queensland property(Post)A woman suffered a leg fracture after she fell from her horse while mustering in South West Queensland.The incident happened on a private property in the Maranoa region on Friday afternoon.The LifeFl ...
Man falls several metres at Palm Beach work site(Post)Ambulance paramedics were called to a Gold Coast work site after a worker fell several metres and received serious injuries. The incident happened in Palm Beach on Monday morning.Paramedics treated t ...
Excavator operator rescued after tree falls and traps him (Post)A man has been rescued after becoming trapped in an excavator when a tree fell on the machine.A large tree fell on the cabin of the excavator while the man was clearing land on Saturday afternoon.He ...
Safety alert issued after NT worker falls from forklift(Post)The Northern Territory’s workplace health and safety watchdog has issued a safety alert after a worker fell over three meters from a forklift.The worker sustained fractured ribs and multiple bruises ...
Curtain falls on global workplace safety and health congress in Sydney(Post)The 23rd World Congress on Safety and Health at Work which brought together more than 3000 delegates from 127 countries concluded on Thursday.The four-day event was closed by SafeWork’s Executive Dir ...
Worker dies in hospital after falling through roof east of Melbourne(Post)A worker has died in hospital after he fell through the roof of a shed east of Melbourne.The 66-year-old man suffered serious head injuries following the incident in Monbulk on Wednesday.He died in h ...
Man fatally injured after truck cabin falls on him at Gisborne(Post)A man has been killed in a tragic incident while servicing a truck north-west of Melbourne.The 66-year-old was performing maintenance on the vehicle on Tuesday afternoon in Gisborne when the incident ...
Melbourne bakery faces manslaughter charges after worker’s fatal fall (Post)A Melbourne bakery has been charged with workplace manslaughter charges after a labourer fell 4m to their death.The 53-year-old worker fell onto a concrete floor while working at a Melbourne warehous ...
Auckland business fined over fall from height injuries to worker(Post)An Auckland court has ordered a business to pay reparations of $43,000 after a worker fell from a roof in January 2020.WorkSafe said the 54-year-old man was working on a roof at an Auckland school wh ...
