A worker has been crushed by a forklift in a workplace accident in Brisbane yesterday morning. Emergency services including intensive care paramedics attended the scene in Paringa Road, Murarrie around
Half of Tasmania’s workplace fatalities not investigated
It has been revealed under Right to Information laws that almost half of all workplaces fatalities in Tasmania do not result in a WorkSafe investigation. Of 38 fatalities, 21 formal
Victoria expands definition of workplace deaths
Last week, the Victorian Government’s move to legislate industrial manslaughter came into effect, meaning maximum fines of up to $16.5 million and imprisonment of up to 25 years for employers or
Worker killed in crush incident in Western Sydney
A worker has died after being crushed by a metal beam in a workplace incident in Smithfield, Western Sydney. Emergency services responded to reports of a worker being crushed by
NZ workplace fined $293,000 over workplace injury
A Napier meat processing facility has been fined $293,000 over an incident in November of 2018 that saw a worker’s hand trapped in machinery for more than ten minutes. The