A Queensland worker has been transported to hospital after an incident where a gas cylinder exploded. The man, 41, from Pittsworth, west of Brisbane, sustained serious burns to his face.
$600,000 EU for rollaway fatality incident
Following the fatal injuring of a bus driver in 2017, Northern Territory’s Buslink NT Pty Ltd has agreed to a $600,000 enforceable undertaking with the territory’s workplace safety regulator. NT
Tasmania encouraged to consider industrial manslaughter legislation
The Tasmanian Government is under pressure to update workplace safety legislation to include industrial manslaughter, with the Australian Lawyers Alliance pushing to allow the prosecution of PCBUs for workplace deaths.
Businesses put on notice after WorkSafe blitz
As Victoria looks to easing restrictions and metro Melbourne opens back up, SafeWork is reminding businesses that they need to be enacting and enforcing COVID-safe work plans. In a recent
Workplace fall from height in Rydalmere, Sydney
A worker is in hospital this afternoon after falling off the roof of a two-storey home in Rydalmere, in Sydney’s northwest. The tradesman, in his forties, was working on the