SafetyNet Journal

THIRTEEN WORKERS ON SYDNEY TUNNEL PROJECT DIAGNOSED WITH SILICOSIS

Posted on 19 March 2025

Thirteen workers on the M6 tunnel construction project in Sydney have been diagnosed with the deadly and incurable lung disease, silicosis. Workers and their unions...

WORKSAFE GENDERED VIOLENCE RESOURCES

Posted on 19 March 2025

Gendered violence shows itself in many different ways and impacts many different groups of people. WorkSafe’s gendered violence campaign ‘It comes in many forms’ aims...

IT'S FOR EVERY BODY - PAID REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH LEAVE - CAMPAIGN BARGAINING KIT AND DELEGATES GUIDE NOW AVAILABLE

Posted on 19 March 2025

Victorian Trades Hall Council launched the It's For Every Body campaign to win paid reproductive health leave and flexibility entitlements at every workplace. The purpose...

JOIN US AT OUR ONLINE PANEL – HOW WE’RE WINNING EQUAL PAY

Posted on 19 March 2025

The gender pay gap is currently at the lowest it's ever been - and that’s thanks to union women standing up and fighting back to...

SUPPORTER UPDATE – INDONESIAN ASBESTOS COURT BATTLE

Posted on 19 March 2025

The ACTU Centre for Health and Safety and APHEDA invite you to join an exclusive update on the Indonesian court battle concerning the lawsuit filed...

$15K FINE AND ADVERSE PUBLICITY ORDER FOR GENDERED VIOLENCE, BULLYING AND SEXUAL HARASSMENT

Posted on 19 March 2025

In April 2023 a young apprentice electrician submitted a complaint to WorkSafe about the behaviours they were subjected to by their supervisor over a period...

CHABAD YOUTH CHARITY FINED $45K FOR STUDENT SET ALIGHT

Posted on 19 March 2025

In November 2022 a student at Chabad Youth Limited was set on fire during a science experiment. An educator engaged by Chabad Youth for its...

NHVR COMPLETES GRAPE HARVEST HAZARD SAFETY OPERATION

Posted on 19 March 2025

The National Heavy Vehicle Regulator (NHVR) has completed a critical month-long safety operation aimed at addressing the safety risks posed by heavy vehicles during the...

UPDATED - SUMMARY OF THE OHS ACT 2004: A HANDBOOK FOR WORKPLACES

Posted on 19 March 2025

WorkSafe has released an updated version of the very useful Summary of the Occupational Health and Safety Act 2004 – A handbook for workplaces, Edition...

ASK RENATA

Posted on 19 March 2025

Hi Renata – “My manager won't give me access to a list of my DWG members. The other HSRs and I have asked repeatedly, but...

$175M SETTLEMENT WON FOR JUNIOR DOCTORS

Posted on 19 March 2025

The Australian Salaried Medical Officers’ Federation (ASMOF) has won an in-principle agreement with the Victorian government over $175 million in unpaid overtime for junior doctors...

DANISH STUDY OPTIMISES HIERARCHY OF CONTROLS FOR PSYCHOSOCIAL HAZARDS

Posted on 12 March 2025

Danish research into interventions for psychosocial hazards assessed nine Danish companies participating in the Danish "Agreement to problem-solve" labour inspection strategy. Each company was working...

RUBBERWORX FINED $40K FOR SEVERED THUMB

Posted on 12 March 2025

In May 2023 Rubberworx Pty Ltd was engaged to manufacture and install rubber safety surfacing at the North Melbourne Primary School, using an item of...

CITY WAY DEMOLITION FINED $40K AFTER EMPLOYEE FALLS THROUGH SKYLIGHT

Posted on 12 March 2025

City Way Demolition Pty Ltd was convicted and fined $40,000 after their employee fell through a skylight at a residential site and fractured his spine....

ENFORCEABLE UNDERTAKING FOR KOALA CHERRIES’ CONVEYOR INJURY

Posted on 12 March 2025

A family-run cherry farm in Yarck, Koala Cherries Pty Ltd, has entered an enforceable undertaking with WorkSafe following a serious incident that resulted in a...

MINUS 1 FINED $50K AFTER DPP APPEAL FOR REPEAT FORKLIFT OFFENCES

Posted on 12 March 2025

An appeal by the Director of Public Prosecutions has seen an increased fine imposed on Minus 1 Refrigerated Transport Pty Ltd - a large Dandenong...

WILLOWORKS FINED $65K FOR CONSTRUCTION ELECTROCUTION RISK

Posted on 12 March 2025

As the builder and principal contractor for the construction of four three-storey town houses, Willoworks Pty Ltd engaged a scaffolding contractor to provide and install...

OZ 22 PAINTING FINED $90K FOR BULLYING AND SEXUAL HARASSMENT

Posted on 12 March 2025

Oz 22 Painting Pty Ltd, a domestic house painting company, has been convicted and fined $90,000 after bullying and sexually harassing an employee for two...

WORKPLACE SAFETY IS OUR COMMON LANGUAGE

Posted on 12 March 2025

WorkSafe are commencing a new safety blitz reminding employers of their duties and obligations under the OHS Act and Regulations to employees whose first language...

BILL INTRODUCED TO INCREASE SUPPORT FOR INJURED WORKERS

Posted on 12 March 2025

Deputy Premier and Minister for WorkSafe and TAC Ben Carroll has introduced the Workplace Injury Rehabilitation and Compensation Amendment Bill 2025 acting on recommendations from...

WORKPLACE FATALITIES DO NOT DISCRIMINATE

Posted on 12 March 2025

WorkSafe is reminding Victorians that a single workplace death is one too many, after 50 Victorian workers died as a result of their work in...

ASK RENATA

Posted on 12 March 2025

Hi Renata – “All of the HSRs at my workplace are shift workers and our employer will not adjust our rosters to allow us to...

MUA LAUNCH GROUNDBREAKING PAID FDV “SOLIDARITY LEAVE” CAMPAIGN

Posted on 12 March 2025

The MUA says it is making progress in its campaign to achieve 10 days paid family and domestic violence solidarity leave to help family members...

SAFE WORKPLACES FOR WOMEN INITIATIVE FOR SMALL-MEDIUM BUSINESSES

Posted on 12 March 2025

In the lead up to International Women's Day the Minister for Women Natalie Hutchins announced a $5.5 million investment in a new Safe and Fair...

STONEMASONS FINED $51K AND CONVICTED AFTER 300kg SLAB FALLS ON WORKER

Posted on 5 March 2025

Baltic Stonemason Professionals Group Pty Ltd manufactures stone benchtops at their plant in Dandenong. In August 2023 a warehouse assistant was attempting to position a...

$40K FINE - SUB-CONTRACTOR FALLS AFTER CLIMBING OUT OF OVERLOADED EWP

Posted on 5 March 2025

Jeftomson Logistics Pty Ltd operates a vegetable and fruit cannery in Mooroopna and engaged a sub-contractor to design the refrigeration system and complete installation work...

$65K FINE FOR NURSERY AFTER FATAL SHED ROOF FALL

Posted on 5 March 2025

Van Berkel Distributors Pty Ltd – a Monbulk nursery and horticulture supplier – has been fined $65,000 after a worker fell through a shed roof...

NEW WGEA DATA SHOWS ONLY 21% PRIVATE SECTOR EMPLOYERS MEET GENDER GAP TARGET

Posted on 5 March 2025

Working environments where women employees are subjected to insecure work, low recognition and rewards, poor organisational justice, and gendered violence and sexual harassment, present a...

SAFETY ALERT – FARM EQUIPMENT REMINDER AFTER SILAGE-WRAPPER FATALITY

Posted on 5 March 2025

Following investigations into the death of a woman in a farming incident in November last year, WorkSafe has issues a safety alert about the importance...

SAFETY ALERT – ISOLATE, DE-ENERGISE, LOCKOUT & TAGOUT BEFORE MAINTENANCE

Posted on 5 March 2025

An incident at a quarry that resulted in an employee being impaled has prompted WorkSafe to issue a safety alert to remember to isolate, de-energise,...

NOMINATIONS OPEN FOR THE COMCARE NATIONAL WORK HEALTH AND SAFETY AWARDS

Posted on 5 March 2025

The biennial awards – now in their 20th year – recognise outstanding achievement in making workplaces safer and healthier across the Commonwealth jurisdiction. Comcare’s acting...

WORKSAFE AWARDS CELEBRATE HEALTH & SAFETY WINNERS

Posted on 5 March 2025

More than 400 attendees enjoyed motivating stories from 21 of Victoria’s health and safety finalists at the 2024 WorkSafe Awards event last week. Seven winners...

CATHOLIC SCHOOL TEACHER FWC CLAIM - ALLEGEDLY SACKED AFTER REPORTING STAFF BULLYING

Posted on 5 March 2025

Nadia Collis, a Victorian Catholic school teacher is taking FWC action against south-west secondary school Emmanual College alleging the school violated her workplace rights –...

ASK RENATA

Posted on 5 March 2025

Hi Renata – “I've issued a PIN (Provisional Improvement Notice) to my employer and they have disputed it with WorkSafe. The Act says that they must...

UNIONS TURN OUT TO PROTEST PUBLIC SECTOR JOB CUT PROPOSAL

Posted on 5 March 2025

The Victorian government has announced an independent review of public sector spending and has anticipated that the report will recommend cutting up to 3,000 public...

RESEARCH SHOWS POOR MENTAL HEALTH OUTCOMES AFTER WORKPLACE INJURIES

Posted on 26 February 2025

A Canadian study looking at how mental health outcomes for people with a workplace injury compare to those for people with non-workplace injuries raises some...

POORLY EXECUTED INCIDENT INVESTIGATIONS CAN BE A PSYCHOSOCIAL RISK

Posted on 26 February 2025

CQUniversity research currently underway to transform investigations in safety-critical industries, aims to assess how organisations’ poorly executed investigations process can contribute to ‘investigation trauma’, creating...

ITF STRIKES AGREEMENTS WITH PHILIPPINES AND INDONESIA TO PROTECT SEFARER’S MENTAL HEALTH

Posted on 26 February 2025

This month marks some success from ITF negotiations for upgraded mental health training and support for seafarers at some of the world’s biggest shipping organisations....

CAHILL TRANSPORT FINED $48K FOR TRADE ASSISTANT INJURED UNDER B-DOUBLE TRAILER

Posted on 26 February 2025

In February 2023 a trade assistant and another team member at Cahill Transport were removing and replacing the axles of a drop deck B-double trailer...

ARMSTRONG CREEK SCHOOL ASSAULT RESULTS IN $25K FINE

Posted on 26 February 2025

The State government has been fined $25,000 after a teacher was seriously assaulted by a student at Armstrong Creek School. The school has a specialist...

BUILDER FINED $80K FOR FIVE FAILURES TO MANAGE RISK OF FALLS

Posted on 26 February 2025

Schintta Building Group Pty Ltd have been fined a total of $80,000 after being found guilty of five charges of failing to provide a safe...

GOVERNMENT ACCEPTS RECOMMENDATIONS FROM FDV LEAVE REVIEW

Posted on 26 February 2025

The Federal Government has reaffirmed its commitment to end violence against women and children and has accepted the recommendations of the independent review into paid...

SAFETY ALERT – TRANSPORTING GAS CYLINDERS

Posted on 26 February 2025

WorkSafe Victoria has issued a safety alert about the dangers of transporting gas cylinders in tool of trade (TOT) vehicles after an employee was seriously...

PSYCHOLOGICAL REGULATIONS FINALLY ON THEIR WAY!!

Posted on 26 February 2025

The long-awaited Victorian Psychological Regulations are finally within sight – the Victorian Government has revealed that it is close to finalising the regulations in a...

RECOMMENDATIONS FOR MAJOR CHANGE FROM SENTENCING ADVISORY COUNCIL REPORT

Posted on 26 February 2025

In a report from the first such review since the OHS Act came into operation 20 years ago, the Sentencing Advisory Council recommends major reforms...

ASK RENATA

Posted on 26 February 2025

Hi Renata – “For a long time now myself and other staff have been experiencing unacceptable and disrespectful behaviour from a colleague. Management has had meetings...

RTBU TAKE ACTION OVER SOUTHERN CROSS STATION AIR QUALITY

Posted on 26 February 2025

In a ramp-up of a long-standing issue, the RTBU is threatening to shut down one of Melbourne’s busiest stations unless more is done to improve...

VISA SCHEME REPORT - MEAT PROCESSOR WORKERS FACE UNSAFE CONDITIONS

Posted on 19 February 2025

A report from RMIT on the experiences of meat processing workers in Australia under the PALM (Pacific Australian Labour Mobility) scheme shows that the $75B...

SUPAGAS $50K FINE FOR GAS CYLINDER TRUCK ROLLOVER

Posted on 19 February 2025

Supagas Pty Ltd, a national gas distributer, has been fined $50,000 after one of their gas cylinder delivery trucks lost a wheel and crashed on...

$270K FINE FOR CONSTRUCTION FALL FATALITY

Posted on 19 February 2025

Minoan Constructions Pty Ltd has been fined $270,000 after a member of their own family fell to his death on their worksite in 2022. The...

AH VISION FINED $415K FOR CUTRI FRUIT INSECURE WORKER TRAILER FATALITY

Posted on 19 February 2025

A 70-year-old worker, employed by labour-hire firm AH Vision Pty Ltd and provided to work at Cutri Fruit Pty Ltd.’s orchard in Woorinen South, Victoria,...

COMCARE RETURN TO WORK WEBINAR – NAVIGATING MENTAL HEALTH CHALLENGES

Posted on 19 February 2025

Comcare invites Commonwealth workers to the upcoming Return to Work (RTW) webinar on Leading with empathy: navigating mental health challenges as a supervisor.

ASK RENATA

Posted on 19 February 2025

Hi Renata – In my workplace there is a machine that has sensor guarding - we have recently discovered that an employee can be inside...

PIPECON VICTIMS FOUND TO HAVE FALLEN - CORONER'S INQUIRY HIGHLIGHTS EMPLOYER FAILURE

Posted on 19 February 2025

A coroner’s inquiry has found that the 2018 trench collapse in Ballarat that killed two employees was preventable and the evidence establishes that the incident...

AI AND THE FUTURE OF WORK – FINAL REPORT

Posted on 19 February 2025

With Australian workplaces facing the hazards that come with AI, a Federal parliamentary inquiry shines a light on the need for health and safety guidelines...

DRILLING & BLASTING COMPANY FINED FOR DISASTROUS TRENCH BLAST

Posted on 12 February 2025

Van Dyke Pty Ltd, a drilling and blasting company working on a development site in Wollert has been fined $6,000 and received no conviction under...

STEVEDORE REINSTATED - ALCOHOL & OTHER DRUGS POLICY FOUND INADEQUATE

Posted on 12 February 2025

The FWC has found an employer’s alcohol and other drugs (AOD) policy to be inadequate and ordered reinstatement and continuity of service for a Port...

BERRYBANK WINDTOWER POTENTIALLY STRUCK BY LIGHTNING

Posted on 12 February 2025

The Berrybank wind project has been temporarily shut down following the collapse of a turbine following severe storms on Monday night that included high wind...

HEALTH AND SAFETY MONTH WEBINARS NOW AVAILABLE

Posted on 12 February 2025

WorkSafe Victoria’s fourteen Health and Safety Month (October 2024) webinars are now available for viewing on their website. The videos are also available on the...

WA WORKSAFE GUIDANCE TELLS EMPLOYERS RISKS FROM MEDICINAL CANNABIS SHOULD BE MANAGED

Posted on 12 February 2025

WA WorkSafe has issued a guidance on medicinal cannabis in the workplace, in which they remind employers of their duty to ensure the health and...

WORKSAFE GUIDE FOR DEVELOPING A WORKPLACE DRUG & ALCOHOL POLICY

Posted on 12 February 2025

Employees who are unfit for work place themselves and others at risk of harm. WorkSafe Victoria offers guidance to employers in establishing a workplace alcohol...

COMCARE PSYCHOSOCIAL HEALTH AND SAFETY FORUM – REGISTRATIONS OPEN

Posted on 12 February 2025

Comcare has opened registrations for their forum focusing on the Commonwealth Work Health and Safety (Managing Psychosocial Hazards at Work) Code of Practice 2024.

WORKSAFE CHARGES POULTRY FARM AFTER 2023 CONVEYOR BELT FATALITY

Posted on 12 February 2025

A Lethbridge poultry farm has been charged by WorkSafe under s.26(1) of the OHS Act - Duties of persons who manage or control workplaces –...

ASK RENATA

Posted on 12 February 2025

Hi Renata - Members of my DWG work one day a week at a temporary location in a public setting. How do we go about...

RETURN TO WORK GUIDE FOR HSRs

Posted on 12 February 2025

Returning to work after a work-related injury or illness can be challenging. HSRs can play a key role in the process of creating a well-planned...

WOMEN’S RIGHTS AT WORK FESTIVAL

Posted on 5 February 2025

The Women's Rights At Work Festival is kicking off next month and we have a packed program. Come together to rally, celebrate wins, get involved...

40% OF EMPLOYERS UNAWARE OF POSITIVE DUTY TO PREVENT HARASSMENT

Posted on 5 February 2025

Workplace sexual harassment is a serious and persistent problem directly impacting one in three employees. As well as causing significant personal harm, it costs the...

THE MENTAL HEALTH IMPACT OF PRECARIOUS EMPLOYMENT

Posted on 5 February 2025

Recent research confirms the negative effects of precarious employment on employee’s mental health. Research using fifteen years of data shows that hours worked, employment status...

4-DAY WORK WEEK STUDY SHOWS WELLBEING AND PRODUCTIVITY IMPROVEMENTS

Posted on 5 February 2025

Confirming the positive findings of multiple studies across the world into reduced time working arrangement, the results of a medical trial in the UK show...

ITF – 2024 WORST RECORDED YEAR FOR SEAFARER ABANDONMENT

Posted on 5 February 2025

International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) reveals abandonment of seafarers by ship-owners increased 87% from 2023 to 2024. Unscrupulous ship-owners abandoned 3,133 seafarers in 2024, leaving...

$80K COMPENSATION ORDERED FOR GENDERED DISCRIMINATION

Posted on 5 February 2025

In Australia, anti-discrimination laws provide varying degrees of protections for breastfeeding parents at the federal level and across the states and territories. Under federal law,...

ANNEX FOODS ENTERS ENFORCEABLE UNDERTAKING FOR SEVERED FINGER

Posted on 5 February 2025

A food manufacturing company, Annex Foods Pty Ltd, in Clayton South has entered into an Enforceable Undertaking (EU) with an estimated value of $130,000 following...

MELBOURNE SCHOOL & ADVENTURE TRAVEL CO. FINED $290K FOR STUDENT DEATH

Posted on 5 February 2025

Kilvington Grammar School and World Challenge have been convicted and received fines of $140,000 and $150,000 respectively, for their part in the death of a...

NHVR'S EXTENSIVE OPERATION SHOWS DRIVER FATIGUE REMAINS A CRITICAL ISSUE

Posted on 5 February 2025

During the peak holiday season, the National Heavy Vehicle Regulator (NHVR) collaborated with law enforcement agencies throughout Australia, successfully identifying nearly 200 offences related to...

PSYCHOSOCIAL CODE OF PRACTICE FOR COMCARE EMPLOYERS

Posted on 5 February 2025

While we wait (and wait…….) for the Victorian Government to make our state’s Psychological Health Regulations, it is worth knowing that the Commonwealth Work Health...

WORKSAFE SAFETY ALERT – OZONE EXPOSURE

Posted on 5 February 2025

Following an ozone generator leak in an aged care facility laundry, WorkSafe has issued a safety alert to raise awareness of the potential health effects...

ASK RENATA

Posted on 5 February 2025

Hi Renata – I work at a school, last year we had two HSR’s- one for the teaching and one for the non-teaching DWGs. The...

NZ REGULATOR - AI TO SPOT SAFETY BREACHES IN ENFORCEABLE UNDERTAKING

Posted on 29 January 2025

Given the amount of time and effort Australian unions and their members are committing to lobby for protections from the rapidly increasing use of AI...

TRUMP EXECUTIVE ORDERS ENDANGER WORKERS

Posted on 29 January 2025

Donald Trump’s first week executive orders have raised alarm bells among labour unions and workers, particularly concerning the safety and job security of federal employees....

GEELONG WORKER CONVICTED OVER FORKLIFT DEATH

Posted on 29 January 2025

A Geelong man was sentenced in Geelong County Court last Friday over his actions that resulted in the death of a fellow employee in a...

COMCARE CHARGE TRANSPORT COMPANY OVER FORKLIFT INJURIES

Posted on 29 January 2025

National transport company K&S Freighters has been charged by ComCare with breaching work health and safety laws following an incident that injured two workers in...

NHVR ISSUES URGENT WARNING FOR TRUCK DRIVERS ON STEEP DESCENTS

Posted on 29 January 2025

Following a number of serious incidents occurring in NSW on Bulli Pass and Mount Ousley, the National Heavy Vehicle Regulator (NHVR) is urging heavy vehicle...

WORKSAFE ISSUES REMINDER AFTER CULVERT REINFORCEMENT BARS COLLAPSE

Posted on 29 January 2025

WorkSafe recently attended an incident in Melbourn’e north-east where several 4.5m high steel reinforcement bars for a 7m high x 25m wide culvert at a...

SAFETY ALERT FOLLOWING KALKALLO FIREWORKS DEATH

Posted on 29 January 2025

WorkSafe has issued a reminder that only qualified and licenced pyrotechnicians are permitted to use or possess fireworks in Victoria following the death of a...

ASK RENATA

Posted on 29 January 2025

Your employer is required, so far as is reasonably practicable, to provide a workplace that is safe and without risks to health. This includes safety...

IBAC INVESTIGATIONS REVEAL WORKCOVER SURGERY CONCERNS

Posted on 29 January 2025

Against a background of the WorkCover compensation scheme operating at a deficit and amid controversial cuts to worker rights and benefits, the Victorian Independent Broad-based...

ROAD WORKER STRUCK BY PASSING TRUCK - WORKSAFE INVESTIGATING DEATH

Posted on 29 January 2025

WorkSafe is investigating the death of a traffic controller on the Western Highway between Kaniva and Nhill last Thursday evening. It is believed the man...

ANMF ST. VINCENT’S PRIVATE HOSPITALS PROTECTED ACTION UPDATE

Posted on 22 January 2025

Congratulations to all ANMF members working at St Vincent’s Private Hospitals who have maintained stage one action over the holiday season. The ANMF protected industrial...

$600K FINE FOLLOWING PRISON HOSTAGE CHEMICAL ORDEAL

Posted on 22 January 2025

Multiple procedural failures at a NSW correctional facility resulted in a corrections officer being subjected to ‘torture’ and life-long injuries during a hostage situation. NSW...

$500K+ ENFORCEABLE UNDERTAKING AFTER FORKLIFT TIP OVER

Posted on 22 January 2025

Timbertruss Geelong (a division of Bowen and Pomeroy Limited) is a manufacturer of prefabricated wooden trusses. In April 2022 a notifiable incident occurred in which...

CONSTRUCTION COMPANY FINED $12K IN ‘PURE RISK’ PROSECUTION

Posted on 22 January 2025

Edgepoint Homes Pty Ltd has been fined $12,000 without conviction for failing to control fall hazards during construction work on 29 townhouses in Footscray, breaching...

OFFICEWISE UPDATE AND RENAME – OFFICE HEALTH AND SAFETY

Posted on 22 January 2025

Those who read Safety Net would be aware that WorkSafe has recently released an updated publication, Office health and safety: A guide for employers. Previously...

WOULD YOU WORK FOR YOU? – WORKSAFE YOUNG WORKER CAMPAIGN

Posted on 22 January 2025

In 2024 more than 2,300 workers under 25-year-old were injured seriously enough at work in Victorian to receive workers compensation – including 140 of them...

WORKSAFE s.23 CHARGES FOR MULTIPLE HOSPITALS

Posted on 22 January 2025

Section 23 of the OHS Act imposes a duty on persons in charge of a workplace to ensure, so far as is reasonably practicable, that...

SAFETY ALERT – LEAD-BASED PAINT REMOVAL

Posted on 22 January 2025

WorkSafe reminds professionals and home renovators about controlling risks when removing lead-based paint. Lead-based paint was commonly used on pre-1970s buildings and structures and can...

ASK RENATA

Posted on 22 January 2025

Hi Renata – In the minutes of our last Health and Safety committee meeting it say "HSR’s are entitled to de-identified incident reports if a...

CANNABIS USE AND THE RISK OF WORKPLACE INJURIES

Posted on 15 January 2025

In the lead up to the recreational (non-medical) use of cannabis being legalised in Canada in 2018, managers and business owners had many questions about...

ENFORCEABLE UNDERTAKING FOR TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT BARRIER FAILURE

Posted on 15 January 2025

Winslow Infrastructure Pty Ltd has entered into an enforceable undertaking after a worker was crushed under fallen traffic management barriers and fencing, sustaining serious injuries....

$350K FINE FOR TRUCK DRIVER DEATH IN GATE REPAIR CRUSH

Posted on 15 January 2025

In April 2022 a 59-year-old truck driver was crushed when an automatic sliding gate fell on him at a Dandenong depot. Gate Automation Systems Pty...

FRUIT GROWER CHARGED AFTER 2023 APPLE STORAGE FATALITY

Posted on 15 January 2025

WorkSafe Victoria has charged a Shepparton fruit grower Gvip Storage Pty Ltd with two offences following the death of a truck driver at their warehouse...