A company that makes ducted air conditioning components at its Scoresby factory has been fined $30,000 and ordered to pay costs of $2509 after a worker’s hand was crushed in a power press machine in 2019. High-Fire Heating Pty Ltd was sentenced without conviction after pleading guilty to one... Read more.
A construction company and a roofing company have pleaded guilty and been fined $600,000 and $450,000 respectively, following a fatal electrocution incident in 2019. SafeWork Executive Director (Compliance & Dispute Resolution) Matthew Press said that falls from heights are the leading cause of traumatic injuries and fatalities in the... Read more.
Two companies, PGH Bricks & Pavers Pty Ltd and Bricks Australia Services Pty Ltd (BAS), have been fined a total of $50,000 after a worker’s arm became caught in a machine at a brick manufacturing site in Thomastown in 2018. PGH Bricks & Pavers pleaded guilty to a single... Read more.
Fatal occupational injury data released by Safe Work Australia shows that 109 Australian workers have been killed at work this year. The latest report indicates that the Transport, postal & warehousing industry has so far seen more workplace deaths than any other industry. The industry has recorded 44 fatalities-... Read more.
SafeWork SA warns construction workers to make electrical safety a priority following an increase in the number of electric shock incidents reported in the past two years. In 2021-22, SafeWork SA was notified of 348 electric shock incidents, with the construction industry accounting for nearly a quarter of all electric shock... Read more.
