Agricultural processor fined over worker death
26 April, 2018A conviction and $260,000 fine has been handed down to Ricegrowers Ltd, following the death of one of its maintenance workers.
Man charged with fraudulent workers comp claims
23 April, 2018A man who fraudulently obtained more than $700,000 in unlawful workers compensation payments has been charged by WorkSafe Victoria.
WA wastewater treatment plant death under investigation
23 April, 2018A worker has died at the Water Corporation's Woodman Point Wastewater Treatment Plant in Munster.
WA health workers to receive stab-proof vests
16 April, 2018The WA Government has committed $2.2 million to protect public health workers against rising rates of violence in hospitals.
Welding explosion kills worker
13 April, 2018The man was making a tractor counterweight by welding empty fuel drums to a steel frame when an explosion engulfed him.
Body-worn cameras to curb violence in hospital
13 April, 2018Townsville Hospital has introduced cameras to protect staff from those who abuse or attack them.
Exploding jumbo tyre injures trade assistant
10 April, 2018A trade assistant has suffered injury after a jumbo tyre was over-inflated and exploded at a large underground metalliferous mine in New Zealand.
Driver killed after truck rolled on farm
03 April, 2018A fertiliser spreader truck has rolled on a steep hill near Warragul, killing a worker in his early 30s.
NT tyre company convicted and fined over child's death
27 March, 2018A two-year-old boy has been killed at a Katherine tyre business, leading to a conviction and $142,000 fine.
Contractor convicted over death from earthmoving equipment
20 March, 2018A conviction and fine has been issued to a Carrum Downs concreting contractor, after the son of its client was killed while using the company's earthmoving equipment.
Charges laid over high-voltage injuries to apprentice
19 March, 2018Metro Trains Melbourne Pty Ltd was charged with failing to maintain systems of work that were safe and without risks to health.
Dangers of fragile roofs highlighted after worker killed in fall
16 March, 2018A Queensland worker has died after he fell five metres through a skylight and landed on a concrete floor.
Apprentice nail gun injury under investigation
07 March, 2018Investigations are underway after an apprentice was injured by a nail that was fired by another worker's nail gun.
Fine issued after mango pickers received electric shock
05 March, 2018An incident where two mango pickers received an electric shock in 2015 has led to a $35,000 fine being issued to a Gilbert River mango grower.
Tree branch kills school groundskeeper
20 February, 2018A man working as a groundskeeper at a school in Berwick has been killed after he was hit by a tree branch.
