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Man flown to hospital after chainsaw incident in Queensland(Post)
A man has been injured in a chainsaw incident in southeast Queensland.The man, believed to be in his 50s, reportedly injured his left leg with the chainsaw blade while he was felling trees on a ...
New WHS laws now in effect across Western Australia(Post)The Western Australian Government's new Work Health and Safety (WHS) laws go into effect today.The new laws bring workplaces in Western Australia under a single WHS Act, and introduce the term 'perso ...
Truckie flown to hospital after early morning rollover crash(Post)A truckie sustained serious injuries after his truck rolled on a dirt road in South East Queensland.LifeFlight said the truck driver managed to free himself from the vehicle, but collapsed a sho ...
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 o ...
SA farm business releases safety video after skid steer loader incident(Post)A video highlighting the importance of farm safety has been released in South Australia.The short video was produced by a farm business after a worker suffered multiple fractures in a skid steer load ...
Perth man rescued after becoming trapped in hole(Post)Firefighters came to the aid of a man who had been stuck in a hole for over three hours at a property in Perth, managing to rescue him.Emergency services responded to a call at a property in Hillarys ...
Wednesday 21st April 2021(Post)Worker tests positive for COVID-19 at Auckland airport. A day after quarantine free trans-Tasman travel restarted between New Zealand and Australia a fully vaccinated cleaner has tested positive ...
Do you have a vaccination policy ready?(Post)Are we moving toward mandatory vaccination?More and more states in Australia are moving towards mandatory vaccination. Particularly those industries and workforces deemed critical to the ongoing deli ...
Thursday 18th March 2021(Post)Department of Defence fined after worker critically injured. The Department of Defence pleaded guilty in the Townsville Magistrates Court to failing in its duties under the Commonwealth Work Hea ...
WorkSafe plans to file charges against the justice department following allegations of sexual harassment and bullying at a Bunbury prison(Post)WorkSafe WA intends to file a lawsuit against the operators of a local prison, alleging that they failed to establish appropriate protocols for handling allegations of sexual harassment and bullying.
VIC company fined after a worker's arm became trapped in a shredder(Post)A Victorian scrap metal recycler received a $40,000 fine due to an incident involving a contractor whose arm became trapped in a machine lacking proper guarding.The company received its sentenci ...
