BURNS INJURY
Worker suffers serious burns in industrial accident A man suffered serious burns when he was sprayed with scalding liquid at a factory in Laverton North. The 41-year-old man was on a ladder trying to unblock a pipe, when the ladder slipped, tearing off a...
MAN DIES AFTER FALL
a 24-year-old man died in hospital last Monday morning after he fell three metres at a Highett tile retailer on the previous Friday evening. He had been on life support after surgery. WorkSafe is investigating the incident which happened at a business in...
FORKLIFT INCIDENT FINES
Forklift incident and prosecutions prompt safety warning Three companies have been prosecuted in the past week for incidents involving forklifts. Also this week, a man who was struck by a forklift at Morwell has undergone surgery at the Latrobe Valley Hospital....
FINE FOR FARMER
Farm vehicle prosecutions A Werribee vegetable grower has been convicted and fined $80,000, following an incident where a woman was run over and killed by a truck reversing from a machinery shed. In addition, a man who ran a labour hire company which supplied...
CROC ATTACK INVESTIGATION
WorkSafe WA to investigate crocodile attack Worksafe WA will probably investigate a crocodile attack in the Kimberley because the victim was at work at the time. The young worker was getting out of a fresh-water pool at Talbot Bay, about 200 kilometres North...
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