A Melbourne electrical company has been fined $300,000 after an apprentice electrician died from electrocution while working at a Camberwell property in Victoria. The company pleaded guilty in the Melbourne Magistrate’s Court to two charges under Section 21 of the OHS Act for failing to ensure, as far as... Read more.

A 20-year-old apprentice has died while working inside an open-ended tank in Melbourne Thursday morning. It is believed the man was working with power tools at a Cranbourne West business when he was overcome with fumes in the confined space, about 10am, WorkSafe Victoria said in a statement. An investigation to... Read more.

Alliance Group Limited appeared in the Timaru District Court on Wednesday, after an incident where an inexperienced worker’s hand was amputated in a piece of machinery in March 2017. The worker had been employed at the plant for only five days and was left unsupervised on a task. Due to the... Read more.

A 25-year-old man has died after becoming caught in a conveyor belt at a concrete pipe manufacturing plant at Shepparton. It is believed the man was performing cleaning duties when he became entangled in the conveyor belt, at about 12.40pm this afternoon. WorkSafe is investigating. The incident brings the... Read more.

A Coolaroo recycling centre is facing charges for allegedly removing guarding from a conveyor belt, leaving workers exposed to the risk of being crushed or entangled. The company faces two charges for contraventions of section 21 of the Occupational Health and Safety Act, for failing to maintain plant that was... Read more.