A Perth-based tyre recycling company has been fined $80,000 following a workplace incident in which a worker’s fingers were amputated by a tyre shredder. The company was fined in the Perth Magistrates Court on Monday after pleading guilty to failing to provide and maintain a safe workplace, thus causing... Read more.
A labour hire company has been convicted after a backpacker worker was scalped by a conveyor belt in November 2015. The company pleaded guilty in the Shepparton Magistrates Court to one breach of the OHS Act 2004 for failing to provide a safe working environment by failing to provide... Read more.
Latest figures from Safe Work Australia show five Australian workers died on the job in the first week of 2017. It has been a tragic start to the New Year for the transport sector, with three workers losing their lives in less than a week. The industry recorded the... Read more.
A Geelong-based company was convicted and fined $26,000 in the Geelong Magistrates Court for failing to provide a safe working environment and failing to provide and maintain a plant that was safe and without risks to health. The packing and supply business was also ordered to pay costs of... Read more.
Latest figures from Safe Work Australia show as at 7 December, 164 Australian workers have been killed at work in 2016. Transport, postal & warehousing workplaces have emerged as the most fatal, with 59 fatalities so far, followed by Agriculture, forestry & fishing workplaces with 39 fatalities. The figures show 25... Read more.
