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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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