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WorkSafe charges horticulture company over worker’s fatal fall(Post)
WorkSafe has filed charges against a Monbulk horticulture company in relation to a tragic incident where a worker fell through a shed roof and sustained fatal head injuries in June 2022.The charges, b
WorkSafe charges health service over patient death(Post)A Victorian health service is facing charges over a patient's death at a Berwick hospital more than five years ago.WorkSafe Victoria has filed charges under the OHS Act, accusing the health service of
Construction company faces charges over workplace incident at Rottnest Island(Post)WorkSafe WA has filed charges against a construction company after two workers were seriously injured when a wall collapsed at a worksite on Rottnest Island two years ago.The safety watchdog has charg
WorkSafe charges two elevator companies with workplace manslaughter(Post)Victoria's OHS regulator, WorkSafe, has laid charges against two elevator companies after an apprentice was fatally electrocuted at a West Melbourne apartment.The 21-year-old apprentice electrician wa
South Australian trailer company fined after worker suffers partial finger amputations(Post)A trailer company was recently fined by the South Australian Employment Tribunal after a worker sustained injuries while operating a poorly guarded machine.The tribunal filed charges against the compa
WorkSafe prosecutes company and director over serious head injury to worker(Post)Victoria's safety watchdog is prosecuting a Gippsland company and its sole director after a worker suffered a serious head injury when he was struck by a pipe. The company and the director face charge
Victorian company director charged for bullying employees(Post)WorkSafe has filed charges against a former director of a glass company for repeatedly bullying two workers.The director faces two charges under the Victorian OHS Act for failing to provide a safe wor
Melbourne rubber company facing charges over workplace death(Post)A Melbourne rubber supplier faces multiple charges under the Victorian OHS Act after a fatal workplace incident in 2021. According to WorkSafe Victoria, the 47-year-old worker was fatally injured afte
Victorian builder to front court over worker’s crush injuries(Post)WorkSafe has pressed charges against a building company after a worker was crushed by a housing frame at a Melbourne construction site in February 2022.The safety watchdog accuses the company of faili
Darwin equipment company plead guilty over fatal workplace incident (Post)A Darwin equipment hire company and its managing director recently pleaded guilty to workplace safety violations that led to the death of a worker. The 30-year-old man was helping load an excavator on
Comcare charges defence contractor after fatal workplace incident(Post)A defence contractor faces charges under the federal Work Health and Safety Act 2011 following a fatal workplace incident at a manufacturing facility in Victoria two years ago.The commonwealth directo