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WORKSAFE HIGHLIGHT ASBESTOS PROSECUTION

Posted on 23 November 2022

For national Asbestos Awareness Week this week, WorkSafe Victoria have thrown a spotlight on the recent prosecution of Victorian printing and manufacturing company, Carton Finishing...
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$7000 FINE FOR SILICA DUST EXPOSURE

Posted on 16 November 2022

Miter Square manufactures engineered stone benchtops in a Knoxfield factory. A WorkSafe Inspector, attending as part of a project on crystalline silica exposure in the...
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PROSECUTIONS

Posted on 10 November 2022

HEIGHT RISKS OBSERVED BY INSPECTOR ATTRACT 15K FINE In April 2021 Express Sheet Metal Pty Ltd had been engaged to install ‘whirly bird’ ventilators on...
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LACK OF SUPERVISION COSTS WORKER HIS LIFE – PCBU FINED 300K

Posted on 26 October 2022

  A labourer, employed by Empire Contracting Pty Ltd, fell to his death from a height of nearly three metres after his employer failed to...
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VICTORIA’S FIRST WORKPLACE MANSLAUGHTER CHARGE

Posted on 26 October 2022

VICTORIA’S FIRST WORKPLACE MANSLAUGHTER CHARGE WorkSafe has charged the director of a stonemasonry business accused of forklift-related negligence, with workplace manslaughter, after a sub-contractor was fatally...
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NEGLIGENT EMPLOYER LIABLE FOR $1.25M INJURY SUSTAINED IN ASSAULT OUTSIDE OF WORK

Posted on 19 October 2022

NEGLIGENT EMPLOYER LIABLE FOR $1.25M INJURY SUSTAINED IN ASSAULT OUTSIDE OF WORK An employer has been deemed liable for the psychological injury sustained by a...
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THREE FINGERS LOST IN MEAT MINCER INCIDENT – 20K FINE

Posted on 12 October 2022

Minh Hung Pty Ltd operates a grocery store, including a butchery and fishmonger where an employee fed meat into a mincer, by hand.
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