A worker has been transported to hospital yesterday afternoon after a workplace incident in Townsville. Emergency services were called to a worksite in Mount St John shortly before 3pm. Upon
$60,000 fine after bee sting fatality
Indus Mining Services, a contractor for mining companies, has been fined $60,000 for failing to provide a safe working environment for contracted employees after an engineering surveyor died after suffering
Crush injury costs meat works $130,000
A Melbourne meatworks has been fined $130,000 over a 2019 workplace incident, which saw a worker’s arm trapped in a waste chute. Diamond Valley Pork Pty Ltd, previously the site
Hunter region worksites put on notice
Construction sites across the Newcastle and Hunter region have been put on notice as SafeWork NSW inspectors begin a high-visibility campaign targeting workplace safety. Kevin Anderson, the Minister for Better
WHS laws: COVID deaths fall under Victoria’s new industrial manslaughter definition
Victoria introduced industrial manslaughter laws on the first of July this year, expanding the definition to include suicide due to workplace bullying, road deaths and industrial illness. As the state’s capital