Tag: Workplace accidents
Chicken crate death widow wins compo battle
A woman whose husband was killed when a 550-kilogram crate of live chickens fell on him has won a three-year battle for compensation from the Victoria WorkCover Authority (VWA).[MORE]
Govt to set up 'independent' inquiry into gas explosion
The Westen Australian Government says it will conduct a third, independent, inquiry into an explosion at Apache Energy's gas processing plant on Varanus Island.[MORE]
Workers protest building industry practices
About 2,000 building workers have rallied in Brisbane's CBD demanding changes to the way the industry is run.[MORE]
Gunns directors seek legal costs
A decision will be made next week whether Workplace Standards have to pay the legal costs of Gunns directors after charges against them over a workplace accident were dismissed.[MORE]
Investigation continues into fatal Broome explosion
An investigation is set to resume today into an industrial explosion which killed two men in Broome.[MORE]
Authorities continue probe into workplace fatality
Investigations will continue today into an industrial accident that killed a 25yo man in Brisbane's south.[MORE]
Govt defends workplace laws
The Tasmanian Government says there should be no political interference in the legal operation of the Workplace Health and Safety Act.[MORE]
ETSA to assess risk after chopper death
Utilities company ETSA says it is not yet clear how the death of a power line maintenance worker will affect its operations in the future.[MORE]
Busway worker killed after legs crushed
Police say a man who was critically injured in a workplace accident in Brisbane has died in hospital.[MORE]
WorkCover defends claims appointment
The chairman of the WorkCover board has told a state parliamentary inquiry there was nothing improper about appointment of its claims manager. [MORE]
Gray angry over workplace charges
Gunns director Robin Gray has lashed out after the dismissal of workplace safety charges.[MORE]
Charges against Gunns directors dismissed
Workplace charges against the directors of Tasmanian timber company Gunns have been dismissed.[MORE]
Guilty plea over workplace accident
Tasmanian timber company Gunns has pleaded guilty to charges of failing to maintain a plant in a safe condition.[MORE]
Faulty pin dismissed as cause of cherry picker accident
A Canberra man who became a paraplegic after falling eight metres from a cherry picker may be one step closer to finding out what caused the accident that led to his injuries.[MORE]
Worker dies on Perth construction site
WorkSafe is investigating the death of a 39-year-old man on a construction site in the Perth suburb of Beechboro.[MORE]
Ship worker dies in suspected ladder fall
A man has died while working on a merchant ship moored at the Port of Townsville in north Queensland.[MORE]
Two mine workers hurt in explosion
Two men are being treated for flash burns after an explosion at BHP Billiton's coal mine in Sydney's south-west yesterday afternoon.[MORE]
Electrical explosion injures two
The New South Wales ambulance service says two people have been injured in an explosion at an industrial site on Sydney's south-western outskirts.[MORE]
Award recognises Mt Kembla mine exhibit work
Volunteers from the Mount Kembla Heritage Centre have won a Heritage Council Award for their work.[MORE]
Mine workers' uranium exposure not dangerous: WorkSafe
NT WorkSafe says it does not expect to see any negative health outcomes as a result of uranium contamination.[MORE]
Man dies in outback mining mishap
A man has died in a mining accident near Coober Pedy in outback South Australia.[MORE]
32 rescued from collapsed Chinese mine
Rescuers in central China have saved 32 out of 34 miners who had been trapped by an underground flood, but there is now little hope of finding 14 people missing in a subway tunnel collapse, state media said.[MORE]
Researchers fear mine accidents unreported
SA researchers say they suspect that many mine accidents are going unreported.[MORE]
Man injured in farming accident
A man has been seriously injured in a quad bike accident in the Wheatbelt.[MORE]
Worker dies in Macksville mishap
A man was killed in an industrial accident at Macksville on Saturday morning.[MORE]
