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WorkSafe probes wind farm death(Post)
WorkSafe has confirmed it is conducting an investigation into the fatal incident involving a worker who was struck by a wind turbine blade in Rokewood on Monday morning.The Victorian workplace safety ...
More than 100 workers killed on the job this year(Post)According to recent data from Safe Work Australia, there have been 103 fatalities among Australian workers this year. The highest number of deaths occurred in the Transport, postal, and warehousing s ...
Fall from roof prompts SafeWork SA safety warning(Post)SafeWork SA warns workers about the risk of falls when working on roofs after an apprentice electrician suffered broken ribs when he fell from a roof.The apprentice fell 3 metres and landed on a boun ...
Gold Coast man in hospital with critical injuries after workplace incident(Post)A worker has been transported to the hospital with critical injuries after a serious incident occurred at a construction site on the Gold Coast Wednesday morning.Emergency responders swiftly arrived ...
Death on the job: Thirty two fatal incidents reported to WorkSafe so far this year (Post)Latest statistics from WorkSafe New Zealand show a total of 32 fatal occupational incidents have been reported to the safety watchdog this year. Transport, Postal and Warehousing and Construction hav ...
Highest workplace fatalities in New Zealand in 2022 were in Agriculture, WorkSafe figures reveal(Post)Preliminary data from WorkSafe NZ indicates that 44 work-related fatalities were reported to the safety watchdog in 2022.The Agriculture industry had the highest number of fatal occupational injuries ...
Fatal occupational incidents statistics updated(Post)According to Safe Work Australia, 134 Australian workers have been killed at work so far this year. Recent figures from the federal safety regulator show fatal incidents in the Transport, postal & ...
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 ...
