Vehicle parts inflict head injury on mechanic
26 April, 2019Serious injuries were inflicted on a Queensland worker when he was hit by vehicle parts during an incident in March 2019.
Planting machine crushes and kills worker
26 April, 2019A Queensland worker has died on a rural property after he was crushed by the wheels of a planting machine being towed by a tractor.
Man falls from roof, impaled on metal picket
25 April, 2019A contractor has been killed after falling off a roof at a property north of Bendigo.
Company fined $30K for unsafe concrete panel storage
24 April, 2019A $30,000 fine without conviction has been issued to a precast concrete manufacturer for endangering its workers with incorrect panel storage.
Transport company fined $154K after worker run over
18 April, 2019A $154,000 fine has been issued to a Victorian transport and warehouse company, following a subcontractor death in 2016.
4 m factory fall kills worker
17 April, 2019A man who fell around four metres at a factory in Clayton has been killed.
NT skipper convicted, fined $20K over deckhand death
16 April, 2019A conviction and $20,000 fine has been issued to a skipper for a Darwin shipping company, following the death of a deckhand.
Can farting in the workplace amount to bullying?
15 April, 2019 by Sonia Hickey and Ugur Nedim*An employee who claims he was bullied by a flatulating fellow worker has vowed to take his former employer to the High Court of Australia.
Garbage truck crushes and kills driver
12 April, 2019A garbage truck has crushed a man to death in Koonwarra, South Gippsland.
Legal action launched after miner death
11 April, 2019Prosecution proceedings have been launched by the NSW Resources Regulator against a mine, following an alleged workplace death in April 2017.
Forklift injuries spark $95K fine for abattoir
11 April, 2019A $95,000 fine has been issued to a Warrnambool abattoir, after two of its workers were struck by a forklift.
Worker crushed, UK food processor fined £1.4m
10 April, 2019A £1.4 million fine has been issued to a UK food processing company, after one of its workers sustained serious crush injuries.
Fake electrician on Airtasker fined $100K
09 April, 2019A $100,000 fine has been issued to a man who fraudulently posed as an electrician on the Airtasker online marketplace.
Multiple injuries caused by high-pressure fluid releases
05 April, 2019Several injuries caused by high-pressure fluid releases have recently been reported to the NSW Resources Regulator.
Heat stress sees formworkers hospitalised
05 April, 2019Two Queensland formworkers were hospitalised due to heat stress during an incident in February 2019.
