A Queensland stonemason who has been diagnosed with silicosis has been refused a lump sum payout under his total permanent disability insurance. Garry Moratti was a stonemason from the age
250 incidents during light rail testing phase
While Sydney’s new light rail system opened over the weekend to some growing pains, it has been revealed that during the testing phase, 250 separate “hazardous events” were recorded. Internal
Sydney workers abandon sites due to hazardous air quality
According to the NSW branch of the CFMMEU, thousands of construction workers have abandoned their worksites across the Greater Sydney region. NSW Secretary Darren Greenfield estimated that the numbers were
Worker critically injured after electric shock
A 37-year-old worker remains in a critical condition today, two days after he was knocked unconscious after the tool he was using came into contact with a power line on
Link between robots and higher injury rates in Amazon fulfilment centres
A report in America’s The Atlantic has revealed that workers in Amazon’s fulfilment warehouses are injured at twice the rate of the national warehouse industry standard, with rates of up to 9.6