WorkSafe is investigating after a man was found dead on the roof of a house 10km east of Melbourne. The man’s body was found on the roof of a house which was undergoing renovations on Toorak Road on Wednesday about 7.00pm, police said. According to reports, the man in... Read more.

A WA company has been fined $60,000 for exposing a worker to a hazard during an arc flash incident at Atlas Iron’s Wodgina iron ore project in Pilbara. The incident happened on 9 November 2013. An electrician was replacing components within a switch room at the mine when he... Read more.

Emergency crews attended a workplace incident at a North Sydney business where a man’s arm got trapped in machinery. The man, aged in his 20s, was working with machinery on Thursday at about 11.00am when the incident took place. Crews managed to free the man after a short while... Read more.

An infrastructure company in Pilbara has been fined $50,00 in relation to an incident five years ago where a worker had both his legs amputated. The company pleaded guilty to failing to provide and maintain a safe work environment for a person who was not an employee, and was... Read more.

Work-related injuries cost the Australian economy an estimated $60.6 billion each year (4.8 per cent of GDP) according to Safe Work Australia. These injuries impose costs on employers, workers, and the community. The costs associated with work-related injuries vary depending on the severity of the incident. Most of the... Read more.