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More than 70 Australian workers died on the job in first six months of 2023(Post)
Latest Safe Work Australia data indicates 78 Australian workers died on the job in the first six months of this year, with 26 of the fatalities occurring in the Transport, postal & warehousing in ...
Safety failures at Perth army base result in $100,000 fine(Post)A construction company has been prosecuted by the federal safety regulator after a worker suffered serious injuries at a Perth army base. During the incident on 7 June 2017, the worker was struck by ...
Safety alert issued after Queensland worker was struck by an excavator bucket(Post)A safety alert has been issued after a Queensland construction worker was struck by an excavator bucket in November 2022.WorkSafe said "the excavator was operating near the worker when, for reasons y ...
New stats show 146 Australian workers killed on the job so far this year(Post)New Safe Work Australia data shows 146 Australian workers have so far been killed at work this year. Transport, postal & warehousing, with 62 deaths, has been named as the industry with the most ...
Safe Work Australia updates work-related fatalities data for 2025(Post)The latest data from Safe Work Australia indicates that 116 workers have died in workplace incidents in Australia thus far this year. The postal, transport, and warehousing industry has seen 51 fata ...
Safety bulletin published following recent uptick in heavy vehicle rollovers at NSW mines(Post)The NSW Resources Regulator has put out a safety bulletin after observing a worrying surge in heavy vehicle rollovers during the previous year across every sector of the mining industry. The Resourc ...
Twenty Australian workers fatally injured at work so far this year(Post)Twenty workers have been killed at work so far this year, according to recent data from Safe Work Australia. The transport, postal, and warehousing sector has recorded the highest number of fataliti ...
Priority plans serve as roadmap for WorkSafe's future initiatives(Post)New Zealand’s workplace safety watchdog, WorkSafe, has released priority plans that will implement its new strategy for the next two years.The plans include industries with the greatest incidence of ...
Safe Work Australia updates fatal occupational injuries data (Post)Safe Work Australia has published the latest work-related fatalities data for 2023.The data reveals 91 fatal workplace injuries have been recorded in Australia so far this year.Transport postal and w ...
Man airlifted after ladder fall at Gatton(Post)A man has been flown to hospital after falling from a ladder in South East Queensland.The man, aged in his 40s, tumbled from a ladder while constructing a carport at a home in Gatton on Thursday morn ...
Safe Work Australia updates work-related fatality data for this year(Post)Safe Work Australia's most recent data discloses that 29 Australian workers have been killed at work this year.Transport postal and warehousing industry has the highest number of fatalities at 7, fol ...
